Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Raptors Rapping, F22 Hypoxia mystery

For mysterious reasons, pilots of the new F22 Raptor are suffering from hypoxia in flight.  Hypoxia severe enough to have caused one fatal crash already.   Since then the Air Force reports 11 more events, not quite as severe, but way out of line. Investigations of cabin air supply have not detected any toxins.  Now they are looking at ill fitting survival suits that might be cutting off circulation.   No solid cause, let alone a fix, has been found to date. 
   I never heard about anything like this ever happening on any other aircraft.

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