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And here is some good info on what may have happened

wrt the recent airplane crash near Staunton.
Link: Hypoxia
Posted: 06/05/2023 at 06:26 PM ET

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And here is some good info on what may have happened
RJHokie 06/05/23 06:26 PM ET
Here is a good documentary on the Payne Stewart plane crash due to Hypoxia
Nortazhokie 06/05/23 07:26 PM ET
Many questions
eokhokie 06/05/23 07:04 PM ET
With so little left of it/them all after impact, we may never know.**
PhotoHokieNC 06/06/23 08:29 AM ET
Reports say maybe no flight data recorder as with commercial airlines.
TomTurkey 06/05/23 09:03 PM ET
Still strange, in that he should have had close to a minute to get oxygen**
HOKIERIT 06/05/23 06:46 PM ET
Unless...
khakiblue 06/05/23 06:56 PM ET
Or executive function skills were shutting down as he was blacking out, and
reconhokie 06/05/23 08:04 PM ET
WOW..didn't realize that. He was a retired commercial pilot. Do those guys>
HOKIERIT 06/05/23 08:00 PM ET
Following the Payne Stewart crash, the NTSB recommended a change in all
Nortazhokie 06/05/23 08:20 PM ET
Crisis is the mother of creation ...**
PhotoHokieNC 06/06/23 07:26 AM ET
Hypoxia can be very insidious and actually induce feelings of euphoria **
B777Fr8Dog 06/05/23 06:52 PM ET
Yeah...didn't realize that. Sounded like it wasn't a catastrophic loss of->
HOKIERIT 06/05/23 08:03 PM ET
Planes need a low oxygen detector like a smoke or carbon dioxide detector. **
Hoakie82 06/05/23 07:47 PM ET
most do - called cabin altitude**
B777Fr8Dog 06/06/23 12:44 PM ET