at this point and you pointed out some of them to us by can you give us an idea, in this very small space, oxygen would be running thin, what with the experience be like in this chamber? if the camera dioxide levels go up, if the c02 scrubbers get exhausted or they lose power, that would start them to breathe faster and it would cause anxiety, heart rate would increase. it could be counteracted by the falling body temperature. if you get very cold, your breathing rate and your heart rate will drop, so those two things would oppose one another. actual hypoxia, you get very little warning of loss of consciousness or function, it kind of suddenly you may lose consciousness or become non functional. so i think we likely haven t reached that point yet but i want to be clear, even after they lose consciousness, it may happen, that doesn t mean they re going to die and it doesn t
oppose one another. actual hypoxia, you get very little warning of loss of consciousness or function, warning of loss of consciousness orfunction, it consciousness or function, it kind consciousness orfunction, it kind of a sudden you may lose consciousness or become non functional. so i think we likely haven t reached that point yet but i want to be clear, even after they lose consciousness, it may happen, that doesn t mean they re going to die and it doesn t mean it is not recoverable because we see in operating rooms and hospitals all the time, critical situations in which people survive so i don t think it is fair to say that once the oxygen drop so much that they lose consciousness, all is lost come don t think that s fair. they may be the difference between the different occupants, some are more resilient than others and they have a better chance of survival. so maybe some people will survive. survival. so maybe some people will survive- will survive. given that, what do ou will
being a likely factor. if that is what happened here, there have been questions about hypoxia, and if there was explosive decompression as we were hearing from experts earlier. whether or not have been an indication before hand that something was wrong? well, one of the things the investigators will hope to find out, and this aircraft was probably not equipped with a cockpit voice recorder, or digital flight data recorder, it ll be dependent on looking at the physical evidence. it is what did the pilot know? when did the pilot know it? what indications did he or she have? and what actions were they able to take? what actions did they take? i think it is going to be a long and vessel gagen. a lot of old-fashioned investigation. we have a lot of digital evidence for them to look at. one of the first steps they take in an investigation? because we heard from one investigator they thought it
investigating the crash, has more. a source else tell cnn, they have 16 pilots that scrambled to intercept the private cessna, observe the pilot as they flew next to him as unresponsive, and slumped over in his seat. the ntsb is now on site in central virginia, going through what s left of the wreckage, with another source saying investigators are now most interested in hypoxia, lack of oxygen, as a possible cause of the attack. the twin engine jet went hundreds of miles off course, including passing over the d. c. area into restricted airspace. investigators described highly fragmented wreckage in very mountainous terrain. the engines, the water conditions, pilot
next to him as unresponsive and slumped over in his seat. the ntsb is on site in central virginia going through what s left of the wreckage, with another source saying investigators are now most interested in hypoxia, lack of oxygen, as a possible cause of the crash. the twin engine jet went hundreds of miles off course, including passing over the d.c. area into restricted airspace. the engines, the weather conditions, pilot qualifications, the maintenance records, all aspects will be, of course, items that we routinely look at. reporter: the flight path shows a takeoff from tennessee. at its destination on new york s long island, the plane turns but doesn t land. instead, it keeps flying at 34,000 feet into highly restricted airspace. the capitol placed on an elevated alert and air national guard pilots scrambled to intercept, causing a sonic boom heard around the beltway.