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I have looked at this crash and many other Stratocruiser accidents, and I have guessed happened. The engines may have failed and leaked carbon monoxide, while the crew was preparing to ditch due to the engine failiures. Be in mind that this is a guess and not the actual story.--707 (talk) 03:12, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This is an interesting hypothesis. If you can find a reliable third-party source putting forth this idea, it might be possible to include it in the article. Otherwise, sadly, it's just "original research" and not eligible for inclusion according to Wikipedia's policies. Richwales (talk) 04:01, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The most common source of CO was in fact faulty cabin heaters that burned aircraft fuel and which were subsequently found to have caused a number of accidents that were the result of pilot and crew incapacitation due to carbon monoxide poisoning. IIRC, a number of DC-4 accidents were the result of this.
