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Originally Posted by Jim Goose
Actually for passengers it is white knuckle.. once a cabin depressurizes they must make a very rapid decent (as long as the plane is structurally sound that is).
I did it twice during training, once in a Kingair and in a TBM700 (both turboprops). 8000fpm was around the rate we went down in both..
There is only a limited amount of oxygen in the masks (cant remember the number but i think its 2 minutes?). So from 36000ft they have to get to 10000ft in a hurry.
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The 'plunge' or 'plummeted' bit in the news articles is typical of the rubbish that media put out when sensationalising these stories. How a plane can 'plummet' during a controlled descent when the most serious failure is of your airconditioning i do not understand. The concept that qantas is responsible for most of the incidents is convenient but highly fallacious. They are no more responsible for this than ford is for the a/C failing in my 5 year old BF.
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