Pilot’s lit cigarette caused passenger plane to crash into sea, report claims

  • 📰 The Independent
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 1 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 4%
  • Publisher: 63%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

Pilot’s cigarette may have ignited with oxygen leaking from emergency mask, alleges report

The oxygen mask had been changed three days earlier and was set to the “emergency” mode designed for smoke or fumes in the cockpit, meaning 100 per cent oxygen was being supplied under constant pressure.newspaper, alleges there was a sound of hissing recorded by a microphone on the mask.aviation

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

I think, uncontrolled plane to crashed into sea when he was making fire by friction of wood on wood

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 57. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Russian pilots parachute from doomed jet before it crashes in UkraineThe Sukhoi spiralled out of control near Balakliia, Kharkiv, then hit the ground in a giant fireball after being struck by the Ukrainians while on a bombing mission.
Source: Daily Mail Online - 🏆 135. / 51 Read more »

Harrowing new video shows how Red Bull plane stunt went wrongTwo pilots are safe but disappointed after an attempted ‘plane swap’ ended with a crash
Source: The Independent - 🏆 57. / 63 Read more »

Cigarette in cockpit caused EgyptAir passenger jet to crash, killing all on board, investigation findsThe jet had been flying from Paris to Cairo, with the Egyptian authorities claiming terrorism had been responsible for the incident which happened in May 2016 - but experts believe smoking led to a fire which caused the fatal crash. 'The cigarette would have caused the oxygen to combust.' Oxygen doesn't burn. The escaping oxygen would've caused the ignition source, the cigarette, to rapidly combust, causing anything to come into contact with it to burn. Omg this is tragic.
Source: SkyNews - 🏆 35. / 67 Read more »

Red Bull Plane-Swap Stunt Fails as Aircraft Spirals Out of ControlTwo stunt pilots were unsuccessful in completing the first mid-air plane swap after one of the aircrafts spiraled out of control and crashed. The Red Bull-sponsored event in the Arizona desert is now under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Source: NECN - 🏆 20. / 71 Read more »

WWE legend Tammy 'Sunny' Sytch claims she suffered seizure before 'fatal crash'Former WWE star Tammy Sytch has claimed she suffered a seizure before allegedly causing a fatal car crash that killed a 75-year-old man.
Source: MetroUK - 🏆 13. / 82 Read more »

YouTuber deliberately crashed his own plane for views, US aviation agency saysTrevor Jacob parachuted from the turboprop plane and filmed it as it crashed into a remote forest in California arrest him. I don’t want to read the subsequent Guardian opinion piece on this: ‘in a way, aren’t we all crashing our planes for likes?’
Source: Guardian news - 🏆 28. / 68 Read more »