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EgyptAir flight MS804 fatal crash caused by pilot's cigarette (nypost.com)
32 points by g3rv4 1507 days ago
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dzhiurgis 1507 days ago
Well… if smoking wasn’t prohibited the root cause was the leaky oxygen mask…
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peddling-brink 1507 days ago
> Incredibly, at the time of the incident, EgyptAir pilots were allowed to smoke in the cockpit – a rule that has since changed.

From the article. The valve was set to the wrong position. Headline is bad.

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sim7c00 1507 days ago
something being prohibited or not doesn't really change the root cause :P. just click bait i guess. lots of things can cause sparks.
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Arnt 1507 days ago
Name five that are permitted in a cockpit?
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dTal 1507 days ago
static electricity, switches, carbon brushes in ventilation fan motors
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Arnt 1507 days ago
That's the airplane itself, ie. you're suggesting that the airplane itself is so dangerous that other risks don't add significantly to the total danger.
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