Ryanair flight grounded.

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A Ryanair flight filled with British holidaymakers bound for Spain was forced to make an unscheduled landing following a loss of pressure in the cabin, the airline confirmed today.

A total of 16 passengers were taken to hospital suffering ear problems after the incident which happened last night en route from Bristol to Barcelona-Girona, Ryanair said.

The aircraft was diverted to Limoges International Airport as a “safety precaution”.
Mr Hadow, whose son was one of those taken to hospital after the incident, said a number of oxygen masks inside the cabin had failed to inflate.
“Mine wasn’t filling up with oxygen and neither was my son’s,” he said. “He was hyperventilating. I looked at the lady on my left and her’s hadn’t filled up either. From where I was sitting I could see about 20 masks and only a few of them were inflating. It was extremely variable as to who got oxygen in their masks, and the cabin crew didn’t seem to know what to do.”
The airline said it was sending an engineer to Limoges to try to determine what caused the pressure loss.
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Picture the scene, one man in his overalls clutching a spanner and tapping on the side of the aircraft.
 
I have little time for Ryanair, but lets just be thankful after last weeks disaster that everyone is actually fine after this.
 
Mine wasn’t filling up with oxygen and neither was my son’s,” he said. “He was hyperventilating. I looked at the lady on my left and her’s hadn’t filled up either. From where I was sitting I could see about 20 masks and only a few of them were inflating. It was extremely variable as to who got oxygen in their masks, and the cabin crew didn’t seem to know what to do.”
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I'd say ......:eek:
 
The flight had to descend 20,000 ft in a minute or so. I'd prefer the pilots dodged the other planes on the way down than spend time making me feel better.

They saved the plane and get hammered for not making soothing noises while doing it. Then an artic explorer turns up on every news show telling them where they went wrong.

I wonder if the pilots would tell him how to feed his huskies?
 
It would be re-assuring to know that the emergency oxygen masks work on the ryanair planes though wouldn't it.
 
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