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EgyptAir flight MS804 fatal crash caused by pilot's cigarette

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32 points by g3rv4 · 8 comments

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dzhiurgis

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

  • peddling-brink

    > 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.

  • sim7c00

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

    • Arnt

      Name five that are permitted in a cockpit?

      • dTal

        static electricity, switches, carbon brushes in ventilation fan motors

        • Arnt

          That's the airplane itself, ie. you're suggesting that the airplane itself is so dangerous that other risks don't add significantly to the total danger.

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