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To: paintbrush who wrote (51047)	6/7/2009 4:48:17 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 218768

You don't need a broken window to depressurize an aircraft. You merely need to dial down the pressurization - either manually, or on an Airbus by a computer failing or gone mad. In August 2005 a Boeing 737 flown by Cyprus based Helios flight 522, crashed a jet because of depressurization. No broken windows. en.wikipedia.org Due to reported problems with the rear door, ground mechanics had tested the pressurization of the craft. In doing so, they switched the pressurization switch from automatic to manual. After checking the door, they accidentally left the pressurization knob in the manual position. The pilots did not check the switch position when they boarded. So after they took off, they got alarms which they mistakenly assumed was a warning that the engine was overheating. After the pilots passed out, a flight attendant on bottled oxygen sent a text message to the control tower than the pilots and the passengers were unconscious. The flight arrived over Athens on schedule and automatically circled the airport until it ran out of fuel, then crashed. On the Air France Airbus, this manual compression control is operated by the computer system. I see no reason to believe that Monsieur Ordinateur did not kill it's passengers and pilots during his malfunction.