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Unsecured insulation blanket to blame for emergency descent on Qantas flight – The West Australian
An investigation has revealed why a plane dropped more than 15,000 feet in six minutes, causing oxygen masks to deploy — and passengers to panic.
An investigation has revealed what happened when a plane dropped more than 15,000 feet in six minutes as oxygen masks were deployed.
The QantasLink Fokker 100 aircraft was carrying passengers from Perth to Geraldton on August 10, 2020, cruising at 26,000 feet when the flight crew received an excessive cabin altitude warning.
Oxygen masks were deployed and the pilot launched an emergency descent before the plane levelled off at 9000 feet and continued to Geraldton.
At the time passengers told local…
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