Unresponsive aircraft crashes into Gulf of Mexico

[Herbs107]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/845...s-then-crashes

[Thee_oddball]

The jets' pilots reported that the Cessna's windshield was iced over and that the plane was fluctuating between 25,000 and 35,000 feet (7600 and 10,700 metres).

A computer-generated image provided by FlightAware, a private aviation flight path service, shows the plane travelling in several circles over the Gulf for hours before going down.

dead man flying

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

dead man flying

or unconscious

The iced windscreen is indicative of pressurization failure.

EDIT:

Seems people are already thinking that ...
http://www.nycaviation.com/2012/04/g...nce-indicates/

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

or unconscious

The iced windscreen is indicative of pressurization failure.

EDIT:

Seems people are already thinking that ...
http://www.nycaviation.com/2012/04/g...nce-indicates/

yep, it's a fair assumption, that's why it's never good to fly solo on these machines. Mind you, a pressurisation failure would have knocked out all occupants, but it's not always the case.

Years ago a good friend of mine who's an airline pilot was bringing back home a football team once they won the championship, the atmosphere was quite cheerful and it was the days when there wasn't much security or doors for pilots' cabins. The plane was quite crowded (it was a Caravelle if memory serves), so the stewardesses put a bag in the roomy pilot's cabin. Everything went fine, the captain of the team got in the cockpit and waved at people from the windscreen and put out a flag from the window while they were taxiing in front of the apron, then got back to his place.

They take off as normal and everything seems fine, but my friend, who was the captain, starts feeling a bit dizzy and sleepy, he thinks he's just a bit tired and will pass the controls to his co-pilot after take off. A few moments after that someone puts his emergency oxygen mask on his face and it's like he wakes up again! What happened is that the captain of the team accidentally walked over the bag, which contain a huge bottle of ether (which was used to massage the legs of the players back then), and once broken the vapours were slowly knocking the two pilots and the engineer out. Fortunately the engineer noticed the wet stain on the bag and had the promptness to get his oxygen mask on, putting it on the pilots as well.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

or unconscious

The iced windscreen is indicative of pressurization failure.

EDIT:

Seems people are already thinking that ...
http://www.nycaviation.com/2012/04/g...nce-indicates/

yep, it's a fair assumption, that's why it's never good to fly solo on these machines. Mind you, a pressurisation failure would have knocked out all occupants, but it's not always the case.

Years ago a good friend of mine who's an airline pilot was bringing back home a football team once they won the championship, the atmosphere was quite cheerful and it was the days when there wasn't much security. The plane was quite crowded (it was a Caravelle if memory serves), so in the excitement and to hurry things up because they waited for the team to board last, the stewardesses put a bag in the roomy pilot's cabin. Everything went fine, the captain of the team got in the cockpit and waved at people from the windscreen and put out a flag from the window while they were taxiing in front of the apron, then got back to his place.

They take off as normal and everything seems fine, but my friend, who was the captain, starts feeling a bit dizzy and sleepy, he thinks he's just a bit tired and will pass the controls to his co-pilot after take off. A few moments after that someone puts his emergency oxygen mask on his face and it's like he wakes up again! What happened is that the captain of the team accidentally walked over the bag, which contain a huge bottle of ether (which was used to massage the legs of the players back then), and once broken the vapours were slowly knocking the two pilots and the engineer out. Fortunately the engineer noticed the wet stain on the bag and had the promptness to get his oxygen mask on, putting it on the pilots as well.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Oooooohhh.

Well I never.

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by Herbs107

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/845...s-then-crashes

So reminiscent of the tragic Learjet crash carrying PGA champion Payne Stewart back in '99.


http://www.airsafe.com/stewart.htm