Ryanair flight emergency
31.05.11
Passengers on a Ryanair flight 'feared for their lives' when the plane plummeted 12,000 feet in minutes, the Irish Mirror reports. Flight FR449 was travelling from Liverpool Airport to Dublin on May 20 when its pilot made an emergency announcement – saying ‘emergency descent, emergency descent,’ before triggering the oxygen masks.
A passenger told the newspaper: ‘One of the hostesses was sobbing, she was in bits. Her behaviour frightened the staff and it made us think, ‘If she is afraid, then we really must be in trouble’.
The plane descended from 18,000ft to 10,000ft to resolve a problem with cabin pressure, before it quickly dropped again to 6,000ft, but ultimately made a safe landing. Ireland's Air Accident Investigation Unit has launched an investigation into the incident.
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