Originally Posted by
tarkay01
N611VG Was NOT a loss of pressurization By Dan Grader On YouTube
https://youtu.be/s0G9sthn8bU
This analysis by Don Gryder seems to make a lot of sense. Basically the pilot had a medical incapacitation ( heart attack, stroke, etc) early in the flight which none of the passengers noticed. On a loss of pressurization incident, the windows will fog over. This plane had clear windows. Basically, there was no copilot to take over when the pilot became incapacitated.
Dan covers all the salient points.
Perhaps, but I wouldn’t be so hasty. Yes, rapid depressurization will lower the temperature and may fog the windows. But the slower, insidious depressurization would not. Was the 14,000 foot cabin alert working? Or noticed? Was the single pilot already physically compromised when the alert appeared? Too early for rash conclusions.