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Cirrus aircraft crashes off Virginia in Atlantic Ocean
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of a Cirrus SR22 into the Atlantic Ocean about 50 miles from Wallops Island, Va., on Saturday. (dcnewsroom.blogspot.com) Más...Some people climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. Some! Most curl up in their sleeping bags and cry for their mommies at camp 2. That's 21,500 ft. Hundreds of climbers roam around at this elevation every day without passing out. I have flown at 20,000 feet many times without supplemental oxygen. I wouldn't recommend it but it is possible to do so. RIP
Acclimation is the key there. I recall hiking up in the Sierras- first day was terrible at 7,000. After a few days, no problem.
This was very disheartening. I was flying in the area when this occurred. I heard another pilot attempting to direct the Cirrus to "pull the parachute." At first we had no idea that it was the Cirrus going down until that evening.
R.I.P. CO detectors only cost a few $, well worth it (whether or not that was the cause of this crash we will never know unless they find the body).
http://www.reddit.com/r/ATC/comments/2fe504/cirrus_sr22t_aircraft_crashes_into_atlantic_ocean/
Trying to get as much information as I can in one place regarding Ron's accident. Thanks in advance.