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To: Fitzcarraldo

I read a creepy book (John Nance? Michael Crighten??) about a commercial airliner that was hit clear through by a rogue drone missle or some such thing. There was sudden decompression at high altitude and though the pilots got the plane in a sudden dive (avoiding freezing) nearly all aboard suffered massive brain damage from oxygen deprivation. The few healthy survivors were in small, confined areas (lavs, galleys, etc) and tried to land a jet full of zombies who were marginally conscious and severely mentally impaired.

Good story, but creepy. Wonder if it happened like that on board that unfortunate jet.


28 posted on 08/16/2005 8:26:21 AM PDT by YankeeGirl (Certa bonum certamen)
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To: YankeeGirl

There was no mention of any exterior damage while it was still flying...


30 posted on 08/16/2005 8:28:16 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: YankeeGirl
Good story, but creepy. Wonder if it happened like that on board that unfortunate jet.

One of the things most people didn't know about the Concorde was that it flew so high that an oxygen mask would be useless; one would need to be wearing a spacesuit like the ones flown by U-2 and SR-71 pilots, otherwise the low pressure would keep the mask from mating to the face and you wouldn't get any oxygen. The way one author (in By The Rivers of Babylon) described it, if they decompressed at cruising altitude the autopilot would begin a descent to below 10,000 feet, but as they leveled out, the unconscious crew would wake up, severely brain damaged, and look around at the cockpit without comprehension, "like Neanderthals in an Apollo capsule."

90 posted on 08/16/2005 4:37:09 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Stop, drop and roll doesn't work in Hell.)
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