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jtma508
Lethal G-forces? How do you figure? The speed the plane was flying on decent has nothing to do with g-forces really.
jtma508
If the g-forces of any alleged dive were lethal to the passengers it would be lethal to the crew and far beyond the structural limits of the plane.
darkbake
1. The plane is at 44,000 feet for some reason, 2,000 feet above the max approved altitude
2. "If you wanted to kill your passengers, this is the way to do it" - the passengers would start to suffocate
They all pass out instantly and die quickly
FlySolo
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They all pass out instantly and die quickly
But wouldn't that include the pilot? There are oxygen masks that drop down. How would the pilots go about protecting themselves and kill the passengers at the same time? I read there's about 20 minutes of oxygen but if the they dropped after getting to 44k feet, where's the time to suffocate everyone? How long were they flying at that height?
FlySolo
But the oxygen masks that get deployed. Don't they drop down automatically?
If this theory is accurate I am not sure if the passenger cabin masks would deploy under a manual depressurization of the cabin. If not, or if it could have been somehow disabled the passengers would not have had a chance.