It happened so early in the flight, at a level of about 900 meters, that the crew had little time to decide what to do.

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' And you find out later that actually the crew timed out and the pilot didn't make the flight in time.

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This time, thanks to luck and bravery, the 278 passengers and crew of Northwest Flight 253 avoided death.

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In addition, the device has the ability to measure, record and stream back in real-time data to flight controllers on Earth, giving doctors better insight into the crew's exercise.

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