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Old 22nd Apr 2012, 22:03
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stuckgear
 
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cyflyer,

that was thunk out a while back.. flight crew have a separate O2 supply bottle in the pointy bit. the drop down masks you have in commercial aircraft have chemical O2 producers, which is why during the pax safety brief you are advised to tug on them to start the flow of O2, the tug pulls the firing pin on the canister.
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