Airline Passengers Bleed From Ears and Nose After Crew Forgets to Pressurize Cabin

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If you’re already nervous about flying, you may want to skip this story.
Passengers on Jet Airways Flight 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur, India, recently had
a terrifying experience after the flight crew forgot to pressurize the cabin.
Dozens of passengers on the flight yesterday started bleeding from their ears
and nose in a complete panic as they were gasping for air.

It’s not something that we often think about when we’re flying, but it’s
precisely what makes modern air travel possible. The cabins on airplanes need to
be pressurized so that they can fly so high. In the days before pressurized
cabins, airplanes would relatively close to the ground. But if you take an
airplane to 30,000 feet without pressurizing the cabin, really bad things start
to happen—like not being able to breathe, and bleeding from the ears and nose.

As the New York Times reports, that’s exactly the horror that erupted shortly
after take-off yesterday as the Jet Airways flight ascended to a cruising
altitude. Passengers started to panic when they couldn’t breathe, and “dozens”
of the 166 on board started bleeding from orifices in their heads.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/b...imes&smtyp=cur

One passenger, Darshak Hathi, captured video from inside the plane after things
had calmed down a bit. As is almost always the case with these terrifying
videos, at least one passenger can be seen not putting his nose in the oxygen
mask, a dangerous mistake you must avoid if you ever find yourself in a flight
emergency.

Another passenger expressed anger about the incident on Twitter, saying that
there were no instructions from the cabin crew about using the masks after it
was clear that something was terribly wrong. Passengers reportedly complained
that oxygen wasn’t flowing to the masks, something that Jet Airways disputes.
The aircrew that was involved has reportedly been taken off active duty until an
investigation can be completed.

Thankfully, the plane descended and was able to land safely back in Mumbai after
about 45 minutes in the air. Jet Airways released a statement on Twitter
explaining that some passengers had to go to the hospital.

“5 guests who were referred to a hospital for additional medical check-up
accompanied by the Jet Airways Care team have since been released, post medical
examination. We will continue to offer necessary medical care and attention to
the concerned guests as required,” Jet Airways said in a statement.

Some of the passengers opted not to continue traveling that day, but 144 of the
166 passengers did find other flights to Jaipur, according to Jet Airways. It’s
hard to blame the passengers who opted to just cancel their trip for now. I’m
not sure I’d ever step on an airplane again.




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