Greek plane crash questions

Isn't our atmosphere made up of 70% nitrogen?

"Jose" wrote in message
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When you take a breath of helium, there won't be any transfer of oxygen
into the bloodstream from that breath, but there is still oxygen left in
that portion of the blood from the last time it passed through the lungs.

There was an earlier message concerning somebody breathing nitrogen by
accident (I presume at sea level) and going into immediate convulsions.

Why nitrogen and not helium?

Jose
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"Dave" wrote:

Isn't our atmosphere made up of 70% nitrogen?


Closer to 78 %. But why quibble over 8-9%

Ron Lee