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A loss of oxygen is a leading theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew off course and over the nation’s capital Sunday before it crashed in rural Virginia. The Cessna Citation took off ...
Why you need oxygen if an aircraft cabin loses pressure Flying at high altitudes with a hole in an airplane is, to put it lightly, dangerous. At altitudes above 15,000 feet, people struggle to ...
An American Airlines regional flight had its oxygen masks deploy and made a rapid descent in response to a pressurization issue in the cabin. Loss of cabin pressure caused oxygen masks to deploy ...
Most commercial aircraft that operate at high flight altitudes are pressurized at a maximum cabin altitude of approximately 8,000 feet. On most pressurized aircraft, if cabin pressurization is lost when the aircraft is flying at an altitude above 4,267 m (14,000 feet), compartments containing the oxygen masks will open automatically, either above or in front of the passenger and crew seats ...
Outside aviation experts speculated the pilot likely lost consciousness from a lack of oxygen inside the jet when it climbed above 10,000 feet (3,048 meters), the altitude that typically requires ...
Scripps News spoke with aviation expert Kit Darby who explained why certain technologies may have been disabled before the deadly crash near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.
A passenger aboard a Southwest flight shared footage from inside the aircraft's cabin depicting the moments after one of the engines malfunctioned. Chilling video shows oxygen masks drop from ...
The 23-year-old flight attendant was working on Swiss Flight 1885 when it encountered an engine problem and filled with smoke.