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Old 9th Aug 2012, 14:53
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Korrol,

The lack of oxygen is not an issue at the slightly reduced pressures of an aircraft cabin.

People inside an aircraft tend to feel drowsy because:
- they are not moving about much (check out "stagnant hypoxia"),
- they don't have much to do, and
- the constant noise is actually quite fatiguing, and tends to put you to sleep.
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