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[ achilles ]

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Subject: aircraft oxygen?

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Message Number 1
Date Posted: 24 February 2006, 8:18:07 PM

Would some please tell how does a normal aircraft(Boeing,AIrbus...)At high altitudes how does oxygen enter the cabin.Are there some o2 tanks in the aircraft itself???Please clarify this for me...

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[ cessna7686 ]

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Subject: aircraft oxygen?

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Message Number 2
Date Posted: 03 March 2006, 1:08:55 PM

The aircraft does not have O2 tanks in it. The oxygen supply to passengers actually comes from the aircraft's engine. There is a 'customer bleed' in the high pressure compressor stage of the engine. The pressurized air is taken from the engine and fed into the aircraft. Hope this helps.