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Aircraft circles for hours with incapacitated pilot



 
 
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Old April 19th 12, 09:50 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default Aircraft circles for hours with incapacitated pilot

The flight path is interesting:

http://flightaware.com/news/article/...rs-Crashes/164

Sure looks like a loss of cabin pressure at high altitude. CNN article he

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/19/us/gul...rch/index.html

The interesting thing is that the Coast Guard said it appeared to make a soft
landing. How likely is that with an incapacitated pilot?
 




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