The pilot of the private jet that fatally crashed in Virginia appeared to have passed out while the aircraft continued to fly, leaving the Cessna to become what is known as a “ghost plane.”
when they broke the sound barrier in their race to get to the plane, startling local residents.
The jet fighters saw that the pilot of the doomed jet, which belonged to Azarian’s father, appeared to be unconscious as the aircraft continued to fly, a US official told ABC News — creating the “ghost plane.” The tragedy brought back memories of Stewart’s crash as the golf star was en route from Orlando, Fla., to Dallas, Texas.Photo by Harry How/Getty Images
Wreckage from Stewart’s plane crash in South Dakota after the aircraft became a “ghost plane” in 1999.The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was incapacitation of the flight crew because of their failure to use supplemental oxygen after a loss of cabin pressure.
“At 28,000 feet, you don’t have an awful lot of useful consciousness without the support of oxygen or being in a pressurized aircraft,” aviation expertIf a pilot is incapacitated at that altitude, “there aren’t a lot of options for resuscitating him and getting him back flying,” he said.
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