Something is not quite right here.
Cruising at 34000 the cabin altitude would be around 7000 ft.
Then the windscreen cracks and the crew increase the cabin to 10000 ft to help reduce the diff. while descending the aircraft.
So where do the "injured" passengers with ear problems etc fit in? Increasing the cabin altitude by 3000ft is hardly going to be noticed, as this is not an emergency procedure. Unless you did it with manual outflow valve operation in a heavy handed way and stuffed it up. But why would you when the automated system will do it smoothly.
Do I smell a media beat up and/or mass hysteria here, or is there more to this than stated????