Via The Star:
Passengers on an Indonesia AirAsia flight from Australia to Bali holiday
island described a panicked flight crew announcing an emergency and oxygen
masks falling from the ceiling after their plane lost air pressure the
cabin and descended rapidly.
QZ535 flight returned safely Sunday at the airport in the city of Perth
where most of the 145 passengers spoke to the media about the fear and
confusion on board.
"The panic was escalated due to the behavior of staff screaming, looked
shocked and in tears," passenger Clare Askew told reporters.
"Now I understand, but we looked to them to reassure and we do not have
any, we were more worried about how they were panicked," said Askew.
The Indonesian company Budget said in a statement the pilot
turned "following a technical problem to ensure passenger safety. "
"We congratulate our pilots for landing the plane safely and in compliance
with the standard operating procedure," AirAsia Security Group head,
Captain Ling Liong Tien said.
"We are fully committed to the safety of our guests and crew and we will
continue to ensure that we adhere to the highest safety standards," he
added.
The Security Office of Australian transport, accident investigator, said it
was investigating depressurizing the airliner at 10,363 meters.
The plane descended rapidly to about 3048 meters above sea level at which
the cabins are pressurized and when the oxygen masks are no longer needed.
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Data FlightRadar, a site that tracks flights worldwide using GPS, shows the
aircraft descended 7,250 meters in the space of nine minutes.
Perth Airport said in a statement that the emergency services were on hand
when the plane landed 78 minutes after takeoff.
A passenger named Leah told Nine Network television: "In fact, I took my
phone and sent a text message to my family, hoping they get it. "
"We were with each other all about saying goodbye. It was really
disturbing, "she added.
Mark Bailey passengers told the Seven Network television: "Hostesses
started shouting:" Emergency, Emergency "They are simply hysterical. "
"There was no real panic before then everyone panicked," added Bailey.
Passenger Norman Pearce said seven crew said "emergency. Crash positions
and that's all. Nothing for about five minutes and then oxygen dropped ".
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Peter Gibson, spokesman for the civil aviation safety, the regulator of the
Australian industry, said the airline had been asked about what was
happening on board.
"Our job as regulator is to collect information about these kinds of events
and examine that to see if we are convinced that everything was handled
correctly and whether we should dig deeper," said Gibson.
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