I'm having a hard time understanding why publishing a name or names of a crash victim cannot be published here. There were pictures of a couple of the passengers almost immediately after the first news reports. There are a lot of local newspapers that would have reported the names of individuals in their local area that were on the flight. The Internet too would have had a lot of information on the flight passengers. Relatives of those on the flight would have known almost immediately they lost a loved one. I am completely at loss as to why this information cannot be posted here.

 

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Maik was also a FS2Crew Team member.

 

He was an active beta tester and the German First Officer Voice for the PMDG 777 and Majestic Dash 8 versions of FS2Crew.

 

He recently completed commercial pilot training and was serving as cabin crew while waiting for a flight crew position to open up.

 

It's a sad loss for everyone.

The missing Mayalsian Air 777, the AirAsia 320, and now the germanwings 320...

 

One thing in common with those 3 jets: No distress call.

 

Is this going to be one of the new parameters of jet crashes??? 

Looking at released photos of the crash site, I haven't seen any evidence of an explosion on impact or any post-crash fire.  I find this somewhat curious; perhaps it's just the limited number published so far.

 

DJ

Looking at released photos of the crash site, I haven't seen any evidence of an explosion on impact or any post-crash fire.  I find this somewhat curious; perhaps it's just the limited number published so far.

 

DJ

Usually with high impact acidents there is no fire. Or at least not a large blaze. Simply because with that kind of impact there's nothing much left to catch fire. It behaves more like a gas (as in gas not petrol) explosion.

Possible structural failure resulting in catastrophic loss of cabin pressurization. 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3010610/French-alps-crash-French-alps-Germanwings-plane-crash-Lufthansa-GWI9525-4U9525-Airbus-A320-Barcelonnette-Alpes-Hautes-Digne-Les-Bains.html

That's the Daily Mail!

 

The pictures of the flight recorder show that  its Crash Survival Memory Unit  (CSMU) - the cylindrical item - shows little sign of damage.  The damage seems to be on  the ancillary items - controller boards, power supply etc,.

Chairman of the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) - Absolutely quiet in the cockpit during the descent

 

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btw the debris field was about a hectare, not 5 miles  :rolleyes:

I'm unclear what happens to a human at 38,000 feet with a huge loss of cabin pressure. Does everyone died due to less oxygen or do they just pass out?

 

I'm sort of hoping no one was concious when the plane impacted.

Hypoxia. Depends how rapid it is/was, unconscious first.

I'm unclear what happens to a human at 38,000 feet with a huge loss of cabin pressure. Does everyone died due to less oxygen or do they just pass out?

 

I'm sort of hoping no one was concious when the plane impacted.

If a rapid decompression occurs at 38,000ft expect only 15 seconds of conciousness! Hardly enough time to don your mask. Some airlines instruct crew to break open their masks above 35,000ft in order to have them to hand and some airlines even instruct crew to wear them. At that altitude there is little time to make any quick decision.

 

 

I'm unclear what happens to a human at 38,000 feet with a huge loss of cabin pressure. Does everyone died due to less oxygen or do they just pass out?

 

At least the masks in the cabin should have deployed automatically, as the aircraft stayed more or less intact I would be surprised if at least some of the passengers weren't awake all the way to the end. 

If a rapid decompression occurs at 38,000ft expect only 15 seconds of conciousness! Hardly enough time to don your mask. Some airlines instruct crew to break open their masks above 35,000ft in order to have them to hand and some airlines even instruct crew to wear them. At that altitude there is little time to make any quick decision.

Additionally to your explanation, I think this is a good demonstration of hypoxia and its frightening results...

 

 

Another one:

 

I've had some experience of a hypobaric chamber. Probably the only time 2+2=6 if I remember correctly!

You don't feel that anything is wrong. You certainly don't "make any mistakes!" and that is the danger.