Hypoxia?

[Bluestar51]

I was listening to a NATCA tape of Kalitta 66 that was apparently having hypoxia problems. Does anyone have any information or background on this?

Bill

[rknegi]

This occured in 1994 wherein a DC-8 on a cargo flight flew an unpressurised aircraft at high altitude and thew pilot suffered from hypoxia and decompression sickness. Visit the link below for details of the incident.
Event Details (http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/look.php?report_key=975)

[Huck]

Naw... Kalitta 66 occurred in July 2008. A Learjet.

Details about halfway down this (http://www.natca.org/mediacenter/Archie09-GreatLakes.msp) page.

[DeeTee]

A rathers salutory example of the dangers of hypoxia in aviation is here, albeit with skydivers

YouTube - Hypoxia: Skydiving at 21000 feet. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXa4w4aYKEk)

Cheers

DT