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AirAsia flight to Bali makes emergency Perth landing after plunging 20,000 feet
7 News ^ | October 15th, 2017 | Yahoo7

Posted on 10/16/2017 6:37:49 PM PDT by sparklite2

The mid-air emergency happened an hour out of Perth on Sunday afternoon when its cabin pressure plummeted.

Malcolm and Janet Canning said it wasn't just passengers that were scared but airline staff too as the flight plummeted from 32,000 feet to just 10,000.

"The panic was escalated because of the behaviour of staff who were screaming and looked tearful," passenger Clare Askew said.

(Excerpt) Read more at au.news.yahoo.com ...


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To: Da Coyote

I’d like to see a vid of that. Anyone with the training and the guts to get behind the stick of the F-15 is a hero to me, and I have been a firefighter for 26 years!


21 posted on 10/16/2017 7:13:27 PM PDT by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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To: SkyDancer

18k might be ok for young, healthy folks. Take it down to 10k or so for me. (Yes, I’ve been higher than 10k in a car in Colorado and cable car in France, but I wouldn’t want to try 18k in a plane these days).


22 posted on 10/16/2017 7:13:45 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: sparklite2

23 posted on 10/16/2017 7:26:02 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're right, you're wrong - that's the end of the argument.)
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To: PAR35

Yeah, I have climbed to over 14,500 in the Sierra of California. Difficult to breath properly, I was in my 20s then. It would be different in a plane at my age now 67.


24 posted on 10/16/2017 8:18:17 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Regulator

Exactly what I would expect too. Why aren’t flight attendants briefed on this so they can remain calm? Just a dive right? Not a wing over to a knife edge decent... Ok, admittedly I’m not your average passenger - I’m getting some “spare time” flight lessons (in exchange for mechanic work). That stick time is in a fully acrobatic two seater, but I’ve only pulled 3 gs so far and done basic maneuvers. I think it would be a blast to see what the big jets are capable of. I’d be the fool with his hands in the air yelling “let’s do it again!” Into his oxygen mask.


25 posted on 10/16/2017 9:50:59 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Doing my part to help make America great again!)
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To: sparklite2

My mother told me of a flight she was on that hit an air pocket and the plane plunged a thousand feet or so and she screamed when it happened. I imagine others did but she only told me she screamed. I’ve never had that happen to me. Turbulence and a few painful earaches when descending is all the fun I have ever experienced while flying.


26 posted on 10/16/2017 10:22:56 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

I was on a L-1011 out of Calgary that sucked an engine strut back into the turbine. As the turbine blades were breaking one at a time, it sounded and felt like a large gun going off. Oddly enough, the thought crossing my mind at possible upcoming death was, “Well, it’s been nice.”


27 posted on 10/16/2017 10:29:19 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: xp38

When I was about 9 years old I used to attend boarding school. Parents lived in Africa. On the summer vacation flight back to school from Africa (Kenya), the flight fell about 2000ft. Everyone screamed, I as a 9-year-old said, “let’s do that again.”


28 posted on 10/17/2017 7:36:09 AM PDT by Republic_Venom (It's time for some Republic Venom!)
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To: Inyo-Mono
"...I have climbed to over 14,500 in the Sierra of California..."

I know the exact mountain you climbed.

I once stood in the exact same place as you, when I was much younger and full of vigor.

I remember the strong desire to lay down right there and go to sleep, which really isn't possible at that altitude. For me, anyway: The air was too thin to go into a real sleep.

29 posted on 10/17/2017 8:45:39 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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