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EgyptAir flight MS804 fatal crash caused by pilot's cigarette (opens in new tab)

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32 pointsg3rv44y ago6 comments

6 comments

Well… if smoking wasn’t prohibited the root cause was the leaky oxygen mask…

> Incredibly, at the time of the incident, EgyptAir pilots were allowed to smoke in the cockpit – a rule that has since changed.

From the article. The valve was set to the wrong position. Headline is bad.

something being prohibited or not doesn't really change the root cause :P. just click bait i guess. lots of things can cause sparks.

Arnt4y ago

Name five that are permitted in a cockpit?

dTal4y ago

static electricity, switches, carbon brushes in ventilation fan motors

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse