A plane from the low-cost airline Ryanair had to land on Friday night in Germany after a pressure drop in the cabin. The plane had left the Irish capital of Dublin for the Croatian seaside resort of Zadar, but was diverted to the airport of Hahn near Frankfurt, complaining of several passengers' headaches, ears and nausea, "reported on Saturday (14.07.2018) the German border police
After disembarking, 33 passengers were transported to the hospital. The Boeing 737-800 vessel carried a total of 189 people. Ryanair reported that the crew had ordered the use of oxygen masks and had conducted a controlled descent of the aircraft. Nurses and doctors attended the passage upon their arrival in Hahn. Those most affected were transferred to the hospital for an outpatient medical examination.
The airline sent another aircraft to make the flight, which left this afternoon in Croatia. A total of 22 passengers preferred to continue the bus trip. The causes for which the cabin has been depressurized are still unknown. "It's something that specialists will need to clarify, but it will take time," said a police spokesman.
A passenger of flight FR-7312 quoted by the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported roaring in the cabin and that temperature immediately dropped. Oxygen masks fell from the ceiling while a voice warned that an emergency descent would be made. The passenger added that in the beginning there were panic reactions but shortly after the calm was restored. Many passengers complained of earaches and some of their ears were bleeding. A woman was removed from the plane on a stretcher
"The depressurization can occur, but in very rare cases, it poses real problems," said Janis Georg Schmitt, spokesman for the # German Cockpit Association. In these cases, the plane is not likely to rush. This situation is regularly dragged into flight simulators, he added.
There are two types of depressurization, Schmitt said. There is a slow one, caused for example by a small hole in the walls of the cabin or by problems of the pressure system that pumps the air towards the cabin. In much less frequent cases, rapid depressurization may occur, which may be caused by a greater gap in the cabin, the loss of a window or a larger valve problem
"In this case, a roar is heard and the pressure and temperature collapse at all times. "Passengers have ear pain and even break a eardrum. Ryanair only pointed out that the plane had to land because of the pressure drop in the cabin, but did not give details of the causes or inconveniences suffered by the passengers.
On Friday, a depressurization incident made headlines in an Air China plane. In this case, the co-pilot had smoked an electronic cigarette and, in order to dispel the smoke, had bad buttons and caused a pressure drop. (dpa)
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