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by inglor_cz 703 days ago
"in other scenarios they died from lack of oxygen before hitting the sea."

If they ran out in last 4 km of altitude or so, they would be in air dense enough not to even lose consciousness.

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> they would be in air dense enough not to even lose consciousness.

Assuming that they don't need to do any action to change from bottle oxygen to external. Or that if action is required (like turning a valve or opening their visors), that it was performed by them.

I do not know how that subsystem worked. Maybe someone else here knows?