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2008/08/26

Ryanair Emergency Landing




What: Ryanair Boeing 737 FR9336 en route from Bristol, England, to Gerona, Spain
Where: Emergency landing at Limoges International Airport in western France
When: Evening of August 25 11.30pm Monday (0730 AEST Tuesday)
Who: French officials announced that 26 people have been hospitalized--168 passengers and 7 crew were on board. The airline said that 16 passengers together with five accompanying family members went to the hospital for ear problems.
Why: Inflight depressurisation incident (The flight lost 16,400 feet in five minutes. ) Passengers said "there was a loud sound as the cabin pressure dropped and a sudden drop in temperature and a rush of cold air” as the plane plummeted. Passengers complained that oxygen masks failed.
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