celeste272

That isnt what happened. in them planes to pressurize the cabin they need to swith it to on. in theyre case they didnt. it should usually be switched to on by the engineer u are right and as part of the flight decks pre flight check they are meant to double check that it is inface switched to on. obviously in this instance they missed it... when they heard the horn they were well aware that it was infact the pressurization horn and they were advised by atc to turn around... but they did not. they kept climbing thinking it would be ok... now at 14 thousand feet the oxygen masks fell becoz that is the way the system is.. however there is no indication on any plane even untill this day in the flight deck that oxygen masks have infact fallen. it is cabin crews job to inform the captain. now at this point the captain and first officer were trying to fix the problem but due to the lack of oxygen other wise known as hypoxia they were clueless... they did speak the same language.. it was just they didnt know what to do... they were going through manuals and in touch with atc constantly but again, due to hypoxia... they were confused them self... this is why it is up to the cabin crew to inform the flight deck.. had the cabin manger told the flight deck.. they too would have put on theyre oxygen masks and would have been able to land the plane safely. however it took 2 hours for cabin crew to talk to go into the flight deck. there was no blood they were just unconcious and dead. the 2 cabin crew replaced theyre oxygen bottles with the flight decks and were trying to figure out how to atleast communicate. but becoz they were not on the right frequency they were unsuccessful. greece sent two fighter jets to the plane as they thought it was a terrorist attack. they reported seeing two cabin crew trying to fly the plane and the flight crew were incapacitated. they circled and circled untill they eventually ran out of fuel and then the plane came to a crash. in my personal oppinion it was the flight decks fault for not turning around after being advised over and over.. but when they didnt it was up to the cabin crew to inform the pilot that oxygen masks have fallen and that they needed to drop to a safe flying distance. it had nothing to do with boeing. it was the fault of the crew unfortunetly. it is a horrible and sad story and one that as you said.. could have been so easily advoided Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedthe flight crew were suffering from hypoxia and couldnt work out what to do. it is the same on every flight and many captains do over look the pressurization switch during theyre pre flight checks.. because obviously when the plane is on the ground it cannot be pressurized it should be always on automatic.. but some times the engineer keeps it on manual. it has happened with alot more flights than u think.. however flight deck have just realised the error.. or after the oxygen masks have fallen cabin crew informed the flight deck straight away because there is no indication in the cockpit to say that the cabin oxygen masks have droped