Thin air

What thin air does to your body: less oxygen higher up, and hypoxia, which creeps up unnoticed. You learn when pilots need extra oxygen, why an airliner's cabin is pressurised, and why a cold or a dive keeps you on the ground.

What you learn

• Explain why thin air brings in less oxygen
• Recognise the early signs of hypoxia
• Give the European oxygen rule for private flights
• Explain what a pressurised cabin does
• Say how long to wait after scuba diving

In playlists

• Safety and human factors

Also on

• Video course: Aviation for beginners
• Wiki: Hypoxia