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By Peter Davenport
National UFO Reporting Center
8-15-5
Already, the "push" is on to explain the crash yesterday of Helios Flight 522 in Greece as having been caused by faulty pressurization equipment. That certainly is a possibility, but there is another possible explanation, which no one appears to be talking about in the corporate news media...
Visitors to your website certainly recall that several months ago, the TSA announced that cigarette lighters no longer would be allowed aboard commercial aircraft. At the time of the announcement, the authorities did not state what the purpose of that policy change was, but I suspect that most people assumed that its purpose was to prevent passengers from being able to start campfires in the cabin, ignite fuses, etc.. However, that wasn't my reaction to that announcement, by any means...
There are many organic chemicals available, the fumes of which will render humans unconscious very quickly. The best evidence of the existence of such chemicals is their use by the Russian security forces, when they stormed the theater in Moscow in October 2002 to free hostages being held there by Chechnyen kidnappers. According to the reports at the time, the occupants of the theater fell unconscious immediately after gasses were pumped into the theater through the ventilation system, and many of the occupants, both kidnappers and hostages, died from subsequent asphyxiation.
Hence, TSA,s ban on cigarette lighters may have been implemented, in order to prevent bad guys from being able surreptitiously to carry such chemicals, concealed as lighter fluid, aboard a commercial airliner.
I mention all of this because the events reported for the crash of the Helios flight yesterday appear to be not inconsistent with the scenario I describe above. In fact, some elements of the reports coming from Greece seem inconsistent with a simple depressurization of the aircraft. Although I am not well versed in the pressurization system of a Boeing 737, or any other type of airliner, I suspect that the oxygen masks are designed to deploy immediately in the event of a cabin depressurization, and I suspect that the crew's oxygen masks would deploy sooner, and faster, still.
Hence, it is not clear to me why almost everyone aboard the plane, including the cockpit crew, fell unconscious. Moreover, it seems strange that some of the occupants of the plane were seen still moving about the cabin, and perhaps even the cockpit, when the F-16's intercepted the airliner. If the pressurization event was so sudden and dramatic that even the crew was quickly rendered unconscious, it seems odd to me that anyone would be left conscious, and, therefore, able to move about the aircraft.
One other comment about the reports that are being released today, the day after the crash... The rescuers allegedly have reported that some of the bodies of the victims were found "frozen solid." I am not an expert in such matters, but it seems unusual to me that human bodies could be frozen so quickly, i.e. in less than two hours, aboard an airliner, particularly if the passengers were still alive and insulated by clothing. If these reports about the bodies are true, it suggests to me that the passengers may have died earlier in the flight, which would lead to much more rapid chilling and freezing of their remains.
Alternatively, if the reports are not true, that fact would make me wonder whether the authorities know or suspect what may have happened, and they are building a "web of disinformation, in order to mislead the public. Shoulder-launched missiles may not be the only potential threat to commercial aviation!!
I write, principally, Jeff, hoping to alert those of your readers who fly commercial airliners for a living to the effect that the U. S. government may not be giving us "mere" citizens all the information they may possess regarding possible threats to commercial aviation. It will be interesting to see whether forensic analysis of the victims shows any sign of organic toxins in the victims' remains.
However, even if such a discovery were made at autopsy, I suspect the governmental agencies and airline executives would have a vested interest in keeping such information concealed from the public. Their principal objective, I suspect, would be to keep the airlines flying, and passengers paying for tickets, no matter what unseen risks there may be.
If I were an airline pilot, I would be tempted to see to it that at least one crew member in the cockpit was wearing an oxygen mask at all times, in order to avoid the risks I describe above. In addition, I would be tempted to contact the Chief Pilot of my airline, in order to apprise all pilots of the potential risks they may face in the cockpit.
Peter B. Davenport, Seattle, WA Commercial Pilot Certificate #2263995
Already, the "push" is on to explain the crash yesterday of Helios Flight 522 in Greece as having been caused by faulty pressurization equipment. That certainly is a possibility, but there is another possible explanation, which no one appears to be talking about in the corporate news media...
Visitors to your website certainly recall that several months ago, the TSA announced that cigarette lighters no longer would be allowed aboard commercial aircraft. At the time of the announcement, the authorities did not state what the purpose of that policy change was, but I suspect that most people assumed that its purpose was to prevent passengers from being able to start campfires in the cabin, ignite fuses, etc.. However, that wasn't my reaction to that announcement, by any means...
There are many organic chemicals available, the fumes of which will render humans unconscious very quickly. The best evidence of the existence of such chemicals is their use by the Russian security forces, when they stormed the theater in Moscow in October 2002 to free hostages being held there by Chechnyen kidnappers. According to the reports at the time, the occupants of the theater fell unconscious immediately after gasses were pumped into the theater through the ventilation system, and many of the occupants, both kidnappers and hostages, died from subsequent asphyxiation.
Hence, TSA,s ban on cigarette lighters may have been implemented, in order to prevent bad guys from being able surreptitiously to carry such chemicals, concealed as lighter fluid, aboard a commercial airliner.
I mention all of this because the events reported for the crash of the Helios flight yesterday appear to be not inconsistent with the scenario I describe above. In fact, some elements of the reports coming from Greece seem inconsistent with a simple depressurization of the aircraft. Although I am not well versed in the pressurization system of a Boeing 737, or any other type of airliner, I suspect that the oxygen masks are designed to deploy immediately in the event of a cabin depressurization, and I suspect that the crew's oxygen masks would deploy sooner, and faster, still.
Hence, it is not clear to me why almost everyone aboard the plane, including the cockpit crew, fell unconscious. Moreover, it seems strange that some of the occupants of the plane were seen still moving about the cabin, and perhaps even the cockpit, when the F-16's intercepted the airliner. If the pressurization event was so sudden and dramatic that even the crew was quickly rendered unconscious, it seems odd to me that anyone would be left conscious, and, therefore, able to move about the aircraft.
One other comment about the reports that are being released today, the day after the crash... The rescuers allegedly have reported that some of the bodies of the victims were found "frozen solid." I am not an expert in such matters, but it seems unusual to me that human bodies could be frozen so quickly, i.e. in less than two hours, aboard an airliner, particularly if the passengers were still alive and insulated by clothing. If these reports about the bodies are true, it suggests to me that the passengers may have died earlier in the flight, which would lead to much more rapid chilling and freezing of their remains.
Alternatively, if the reports are not true, that fact would make me wonder whether the authorities know or suspect what may have happened, and they are building a "web of disinformation, in order to mislead the public. Shoulder-launched missiles may not be the only potential threat to commercial aviation!!
I write, principally, Jeff, hoping to alert those of your readers who fly commercial airliners for a living to the effect that the U. S. government may not be giving us "mere" citizens all the information they may possess regarding possible threats to commercial aviation. It will be interesting to see whether forensic analysis of the victims shows any sign of organic toxins in the victims' remains.
However, even if such a discovery were made at autopsy, I suspect the governmental agencies and airline executives would have a vested interest in keeping such information concealed from the public. Their principal objective, I suspect, would be to keep the airlines flying, and passengers paying for tickets, no matter what unseen risks there may be.
If I were an airline pilot, I would be tempted to see to it that at least one crew member in the cockpit was wearing an oxygen mask at all times, in order to avoid the risks I describe above. In addition, I would be tempted to contact the Chief Pilot of my airline, in order to apprise all pilots of the potential risks they may face in the cockpit.
Peter B. Davenport, Seattle, WA Commercial Pilot Certificate #2263995
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