I want to share a bizarre story with you. Payne Stewart was a Christian and a Pro golfer. On October 25 1999 he and a few of his friends boarded a twine engine 2.4 million dollar lear-jet. They took off at 9:19 am from Orlando headed to Dallas everything was fine however just fourteen minutes after take off they began to stray off course over northern Florida and the air traffic control tower lost communication with both pilots. The plan continued to fly northwest; the air force dispatched F-16 fighter jets to offer aid. After the air force jets made visual contact and pulled along side Payne's plane they reported that they could not see either pilot nor any movement inside the cockpit, they further stated that the window were obscured by frost and condensation which is consistent with loss of pressurization and a subsequent raid drop of temperature. The lear-jet apparently ran out of fuel and spiraled out of control and crashed some where near Aberdeen, South Dakota.
One of the air force pilots who watched as the plane made it's final descent and impact, said "it is a very helpless feeling to pull up beside another air craft and realize that the people inside are potentially incapacitated and there is nothing you can do to help. Even though I am just less that 100 feet away I am helpless to save them."
Air Safety investigators (NTSB) explained that the probable cause of the accident was incapacitation of the flight crew-members as a result of their failure to receive supplemental oxygen following the loss of cabin pressure (at 45,000 feet) - for undetermined reasons. It was probable that the pilots and occupants may have lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen and/or hypoxia. The investigators reported that it was likely that the crew was slowly deprived of air and probably never knew what happened. One minute they were feeling good, feeling happy, and the next they were losing consciousness.
I want us to picture humanity on a run aay plane, on a collison course, with only moments before they crash into eternity. Yet people are caught up with their lives. with their pleasures, pressures, pursuits, etc. Many do not realize the urgency of it all. I have good news for them,and un-like the pilots of the Air Force F-16's - there is something we can do to help.
But will we??????
Bro. Clayton
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