Thin air / the greek crash

"Chris Colohan" wrote in message
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"Robert M. Gary" writes:
In the US, pilots are taught to put on the O2 mask ASAP
and then fly the plane second. You can loss conscience pretty fast.
This type of thing has happened to US airliners without serious
outcomes because the pilots put on their masks right away. It will be
interesting to see what made that not happen in this case.

To quote the front page article in the New York Times:

"The two Greek fighter pilots who shadowed the passenger plane
spotted the co-pilot slouched over the controls. He was wearing an
oxygen mask, apparently unconscious, Greece's government
spokesman, Theodore Roussopoulos, said after a marathon crisis
meeting led by the Greek prime minister."

If this is an accurate observation, then failing to put on the oxygen
mask was not the problem.

Chris
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Contamination of the pilots O2 supply?