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Old 5th Sep 2014, 23:54
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KKoran
 
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Yes, it would, but by the looks of it, not this time. Before landing the most important words are, "lever down, three greens", now there may be other stuff like spoilers ect. When leaving ten thousand on the way up an even more important check is, "out of ten thousand for {insert cleared altitude} presurization normal". This is the last of a rash of these incidents over this side of the pond since presurized GA aircraft have become comonplace.
Clunckdriver,

Given that the pilot was responding normally an hour and a half after departure, it would seem any pressurization issue occurred during cruise. I doubt a check passing 10,000 feet would have identified a problem.
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