Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
Passengers aboard a transatlantic British Airways flight to Chicago O’Hare put on oxygen masks Monday after the aircraft failed to pressurize while flying at 9,000 feet over Ireland. The reported event highlights the operational and passenger-safety consequences of a cabin pressurization failure.
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Passengers aboard a transatlantic British Airways flight to Chicago O’Hare put on oxygen masks Monday after the aircraft failed to pressurize while flying at 9,000 feet over Ireland. The reported event highlights the operational and passenger-safety consequences of a cabin pressurization failure.
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