[Scan-DC] Cirrus aircraft crashes off Virginia in Atlantic Ocean

[Dewey]

I would agree.  Here are a couple other anomalies that I noticed:

- FAA 91.211 requires that supplemental oxygen be used for unpressurized
cabin flight longer than 30 minutes between 12,500 feet & 14,000 feet, and
anytime above 14,000 feet.  Did the pilot have supplemental oxygen (it is an
option on the SR-22), especially since people can start experiencing oxygen
starvation problems as early as 8,000 feet?

- The service ceiling of the Cirrus SR-22 is 17,500 feet.  The pilot filed
for, and flew a pretty good distance at 21,100 feet (he first hit 21,100
over the Zion Nuclear Power Station in Zion, IL on the IL/WI line, and
stayed at that level for ~ 230 miles/57 minutes, until he was near Findlay,
OH)... how was this?

Dewey

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I will be interested to see what caused the two course deviations over the
ocean. Is it even possible for an F16 to fly slow enough to match the speed
of the Cirrus and tip the wing? Maybe they adjusted the course with jetwash.

Iain