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Old 12-19-2011 | 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
I've lost quite a few peers to hypoxia - some known, others assumed.
Not knowing, but obviously guessing, that there are clear Immediate Action items for an O2 failure.
These types of losses are awfully hard to take.
As an aside - I once heard of a person actually dying of asphyxiation when he had an O2 system failure when he could have just released the mask obviously.
The comments at the end of this article are more of the trash commonly seen when making comments about something they know nothing about.

Air Force Blames Oxygen-Deprived Pilot in F-22 Crash - ABC News

USMCFLYR
He was not rated nor a pilot. Very sad situation. But a trained aviator would've easily fixed the problem.
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