the lack of oxygen," Perry told Reuters in London. "This would have come about from a catastrophic pressurisation failure at 35,000 feet with outside air temperatures of minus 50 or so and no air to speak of." The plane was clearly in trouble at 35,000 feet when the pilot could not be seen and the co-pilot was slumped in his seat. "People who did not manage to get oxgyen masks on would have died within 15 to 20 seconds and then slowly frozen," Perry said. "Those who did get their masks on would have lived longer but they too would have suffered hypothermia quite quickly." At the crash site, searchers found the cockpit voice recorder after six days of scouring the area, raising hopes the last conversations would shed light on the disaster.The other "black box", which records flight data, had already been found. --more 2328 Local Time 2028 GMT
