Emergency landing at Athens International
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One of the items in the memory actions surrounding a depressurisation is to check the cabin altitude and rate...then try and control it manually..if unable to..you carry out an emergency descent.
So for me its an emergency.
So for me its an emergency.
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It has been a good weekend for Baltsaound's family and flying machine incidents. I was on a flight which turned back to ABZ due to mechanical problems and the Aunt was on this flight.
She wishes to say that the situation was handled very professionally and calmly by the crew and would like to say thankyou to all involved through this forum.
She was one who suffered ear problems but is ok.
She wishes to say that the situation was handled very professionally and calmly by the crew and would like to say thankyou to all involved through this forum.
She was one who suffered ear problems but is ok.
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The valsalva maneuver can sometimes cause even more damage than the depressurization. It can cause a burst or perforated eardrum. So its higly unlikly for them to include it the pre-flight safety demo.
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NO rubber jungle drop ????
Strange ??? And potentially more threatening than an earache or two.
I would have thought this would warrant immediate emergency descent without wasting time trying to manually control cab alt.
Strange ??? And potentially more threatening than an earache or two.
I would have thought this would warrant immediate emergency descent without wasting time trying to manually control cab alt.
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If they got on with the descent quickly enough then, depending on the failure, they probably got below 14000' before the cabin alt got that high, thus preventing an auto deployment of the rubber jungle.
Sounds like they did a good job to me!
Sounds like they did a good job to me!
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ATC exchange can be heard on youtube !!!
YouTube - Jet2 B757 200 over Greece sudden decompression March 2nd 2009
YouTube - Jet2 B757 200 over Greece sudden decompression March 2nd 2009
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I was pax on this flight, and have to say very well handled as far as cabin crew were concerned, with excellent calm, informative and reassuring PA,s throughout.
There was no panic amongst the Pax, and at no time did I feel in any real danger.
Well done Jet2 crew in turning what could have been a traumatic time for some into a non-event!
There was no panic amongst the Pax, and at no time did I feel in any real danger.
Well done Jet2 crew in turning what could have been a traumatic time for some into a non-event!
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When training for my first multi-crew command, my Training Capt described manual pressurisation as akin to milking a mouse. He was right
