Air Crash Investigation

[sawtooth]

For those who may be interested, National Geographic channel this evening 10pm

This episode covers the 1999 Lear Jet crash with Payne Stewart onboard.

Not a cheery subject I know but it will be an interesting watch.

 

[Bobirdie]

I've watched every episode a few times over lol. Always loved that program.

 

[sawtooth]

I've seen a fair few myself but was under the impression that this was a brand new series. Maybe it was a series that I missed instead but anyway it was fasicinating as always and sad that this tragic accident could have easily. been avoided!

 

[Norrin Radd]

having watched it last night i cant believe that putting the oxygen mask on wasnt the first thing on the safety check list.

such a shame when it happened ,the only good thing would have been that the passengers knew nothing about it and went quickly without the terror of knowing what was going on .

 

[Alex1975]

Ill look out for this, I am a big Payne Stuart fan.

 

[Durango]

You can watch it on YouTube.

 

[Maninblack4612]

having watched it last night i cant believe that putting the oxygen mask on wasnt the first thing on the safety check list.

such a shame when it happened ,the only good thing would have been that the passengers knew nothing about it and went quickly without the terror of knowing what was going on .

Apparently hypoxia can seriously impair judgement within 8 seconds. A theory is that the pilot could have been trying to repressurise the aircraft & was overcome before he realised it. Interesting article on Wikipedia about it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_South_Dakota_Learjet_crash

 

[Hosel Fade]

Apparently hypoxia can seriously impair judgement within 8 seconds. A theory is that the pilot could have been trying to repressurise the aircraft & was overcome before he realised it. Interesting article on Wikipedia about it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_South_Dakota_Learjet_crash

[video=youtube;kUfF2MTnqAw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUfF2MTnqAw[/video]

Quality channel that as well

 

[sawtooth]

having watched it last night i cant believe that putting the oxygen mask on wasnt the first thing on the safety check list.

such a shame when it happened ,the only good thing would have been that the passengers knew nothing about it and went quickly without the terror of knowing what was going on .

Actually if I could choose how to go this would be it for me.

 

[Capella]

I was absolutely obsessed with that show for a while and watched all the episodes I could find on YouTube. Until I had to fly the next time ... damn, I have never been a nervous flyer, actually, I always loved to fly, but suddenly every little creak and every little turbulence made me jump. Now I always feel that I have to scan my window for hidden cracks, make sure that, yes, there actually is a life vest under my seat and check the wings for ice (even when it is 25° C outside). It is unbelievable for what stupid reasons air planes can fall out of the sky.

 

[Bobirdie]

It's actually made really confident flying. A lot of the mistakes were man made years ago. Learned a lot from those with new safety measures etc

 

[BubbaP]

I was absolutely obsessed with that show for a while and watched all the episodes I could find on YouTube. Until I had to fly the next time ... damn, I have never been a nervous flyer, actually, I always loved to fly, but suddenly every little creak and every little turbulence made me jump. Now I always feel that I have to scan my window for hidden cracks, make sure that, yes, there actually is a life vest under my seat and check the wings for ice (even when it is 25° C outside). It is unbelievable for what stupid reasons air planes can fall out of the sky.

You are probably aware of Florian Fritsch - great he retained his card

 

[SaintHacker]

Apparently hypoxia can seriously impair judgement within 8 seconds. A theory is that the pilot could have been trying to repressurise the aircraft & was overcome before he realised it. Interesting article on Wikipedia about it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_South_Dakota_Learjet_crash

On a lot of airlines it was standard procedure that if one pilot left the cockpit, the other would put on oxygen. Don't know if this is still the case since the Eurowings crash as most airlines have now adopted a '2 in the cockpit at all times' policy