US EditionFlight aborted in midair after pilots missed cabin pressure error, investigation finds
- A TUI plane carrying 193 people suffered cabin pressure issues due to engineers failing to turn switches back on after maintenance, as found by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch .
- Both pilots missed this oversight during checks and did not follow protocols when notified about the cabin altitude warning, which stayed on for 43 minutes.
- After turning the switches back on, the pilots continued to climb, but the crew did not take further actions recommended in the Quick Reaction Handbook .
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TUI flight had to abort after error left 193 passengers at risk of passing out
There was a ‘very small’ risk some passengers could loose consciousness (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) A TUI flight was aborted midair after the plane did not pressurise due to switches being left off by mistake, an investigation has found. Although the Kos-bound flight returned to Manchester with no injuries, 187 passengers and six crew members ‘were exposed to a progressive hypoxia risk’ from a lack of oxygen. The Boeing 737-8K5 had …
·London, United Kingdom
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According to a recently published report, the 193 passengers on board “were at risk of hypoxia”, a decrease in the oxygen available in the blood.
·Paris, France
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