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Originally Posted by Daradon
I don't think you can separately disconnect the oxygen supply giving the pilots oxygen, but not the passengers. As the reason you stated, oxygen fueling the fire, was stated as a reason the pilots wouldn't have used the masks.
What if the fire started in or near the cockpit. That would make it even worse, no? If the pilots are forced out due to smoke or heat, or the electronics fail quickly...
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Ok, but flight crew has separate oxygen... Bottled oxygen in the 777 flight deck for crew - not the same systems used for passengers. And they'd go on o2 - fire or not - to ensure they stay conscious... For just that reason - no good to anyone dead.
And if the fire was in the cockpit - plane would have splashed long before - about when the autopilot went melty... Not 6 hours later... 777 is fly by wire; computers go - so does airplane.