The same safety feature that gives you oxygen during an airplane emergency caused a plane to crash in 1996. How did something meant to keep you safe end up killing over 100 people?
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George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson

Producers:
Elaine Seward
Andrew Sobey
Darren Weaver

Writer/Host:
Alex Dainis, PhD

Scientific consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
John Graf, PhD
Brianne Raccor, PhD

Sources:
Background on the disaster
https://www.coffeytriallaw.com/valuje...

Amount of oxygen at 30,000 feet
https://milehightraining.com/altitude...

Size and shape of chemical oxygen generators
https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_mai...    • Oxygen Generator Test  

Canister components
https://www.darylariawan.com/writing/... .
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/A...

Decomposition reaction
https://science.howstuffworks.com/tra....

NTSB accident report
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/A...

How airplane oxygen generators work
https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/C...

Why the O2 mask might smell smokey
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel....

The role of barium peroxide in chemical oxygen generators
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ie00...

Amount of oxygen generated
https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_mai...

Oxygen candle use on submarines and ISS
   • How Do Nuclear Submarines Make Oxygen...  
https://www.space.com/1099-space-stat...

FAA Accident lessons learned
https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_mai...

Contractor found guilty, mechanic still on the run
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/07/us... .
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/loc... ; https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/new-...

Oxygen jar experiment
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/...

Fire melted aluminum components
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archiv...

Safety regulations changed after the crash
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/reg...