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Most die during the ordeal, either from being crushed by retracted landing gear or expiring from hypoxia (lack of oxygen) or hypothermia from the freezing temperatures at cruising altitude.
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Grayson had chosen nitrogen hypoxia before a protocol for it was in place.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
Also known as hypoxia, it's created by nutrient runoff, mostly from over-application of fertilizer on agricultural fields during the spring.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Aug. 2024
With the nitrogen hypoxia method, the condemned breathes pure nitrogen through a mask that displaces oxygen in their system.
—Marty Roney, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Grayson had chosen nitrogen hypoxia before a protocol for it was in place.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
Also known as hypoxia, it's created by nutrient runoff, mostly from over-application of fertilizer on agricultural fields during the spring.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Aug. 2024
With the nitrogen hypoxia method, the condemned breathes pure nitrogen through a mask that displaces oxygen in their system.
—Marty Roney, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Hypoxia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypoxia. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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hypoxia
noun
hyp·ox·ia
hip-ˈäk-sē-ə 
hī-ˈpäk-
hī-ˈpäk-
: a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
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