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To: pcstel who wrote (104907)9/18/2001 4:18:28 PM
From: Uncle Frank  Read Replies (2) of 152472
 
>> I think it would take too long to simply depressurize the cabin and make everyone sleep/die due to lower oxygen...

From today's San Jose Mercury News:

www0.mercurycenter.com

Pilots say they're ready to fight off hijackers

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The pilots' union -- whose president is on a new federal cockpit security task force -- also recommended depressurizing the airplane cabin and going into steep dives, climbs or banks to disable attackers.

Depressurizing the cabin could cause people not wearing oxygen masks to pass out, said Mike Polay, an aviation safety professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz.

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