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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I read reporting last night that ATC lost contact with the pilots somewhere over New Jersey on the plane's flight to Long Island. So that's likely when the depressurization occurred.
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So they were likely flying for 3+ hours while unconscious. The plane's autopilot seems to have turned the plane around at the Long Island airport when the pilot did not manually engage the landing procedures.

We are very lucky that this plane had enough fuel to crash in a rural area. It's just dumb luck that it didn't crash into a city or a busy area.[/quote]
This is alarming and I would love to know more from aviation nerds why jets weren't assembled to investigate the first time they lost contact. I have seen the clip of the pilot landing at LAX and ATC yelling at him for not radioing back faster to confirm the runway was clear - like most people I assumed that when ATC radios you, you answer. So I am wondering how they not only lost contact but the plane didn't land, and it made it to DC before the Air Force assembled. God forbid it had run out of fuel over Manhattan, what a tragedy. [/quote]

There’s no way to turn the plane and there’s no way to shoot it down without causing it to crash. Given where it was and its direction, letting it go as far as it could was probably the best option. I’m sure they assessed shooting it down north of DC and decided the risk was lower if they let it keep going. They would be able to estimate the fuel, etc. [/quote]

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