git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoJapan Airlines flight plunges 26,000ft before emergency landingwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkJapan Airlines flight plunges 26,000ft before emergency landingwww.independent.co.ukgit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareALoafOfBread@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-26 months ago“A Boeing 737 plane… made an emergency landing… after a sudden pressurisation failure forced it to drop nearly 26,000ft in 10 minutes…” It slowly descended 26,000ft, it did not “drop” or “plunge”
minus-squareaanes_appreciator [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agothats basically how fast my flight into Dublin descended from England last week. 15 minutes climbing to 20,000, a few minutes level, then like 10-15 minutes descending. Makes for a lot of ear popping.
“A Boeing 737 plane… made an emergency landing… after a sudden pressurisation failure forced it to drop nearly 26,000ft in 10 minutes…”
It slowly descended 26,000ft, it did not “drop” or “plunge”
thats basically how fast my flight into Dublin descended from England last week.
15 minutes climbing to 20,000, a few minutes level, then like 10-15 minutes descending. Makes for a lot of ear popping.