GOP Candidate’s Plane Loses Oxygen While in Air, Campaign Forced to Cancel Personal Appearance
Republican presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy canceled a campaign stop in Michigan Monday due to depressurization in his private jet. The entrepreneur’s plane made an emergency landing due to “an unexpected cabin…
Republican presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy canceled a campaign stop in Michigan Monday due to depressurization in his private jet.
The entrepreneur’s plane made an emergency landing due to “an unexpected cabin depressurization issue,” his campaign said. No injuries were reported, according to NBC.
A statement for his campaign quoted Ramaswamy as saying he would appear at the event by Zoom rather than in person.
“I am glad that we can use technology to still engage with one another,” Ramaswamy said in the statement.
The virtual event, when it took place, had an audience of about 60, NBC reported.
As noted by the Daily Caller, depressurization means that the plane’s cabin lost the amount of oxygen required for humans to remain conscious while airborne.
Depressurization can lead to hypoxia, which is a deprivation of oxygen impacting the brain, Randy Padfield, former chief operating officer of Aviation International News, told ABC in a 2014 report.
“What happens first is your brain is not as quick. You’d get very confused and stop thinking clearly. Then you’d fall asleep and eventually die due to lack of oxygen,” he said.