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RDU-bound Southwest Airlines 737 makes emergency descent
Passengers told ABC11 the pilot yelled "We're going down" before the plane took a nosedive (news.yahoo.com) المزيد...
Chalk up another one for "Open Mike Night"
Had something similar happen years ago. Started descending quickly and the pilot hit the wrong switch and we heard him talking to the ATC with his oxygen mask on. That's a little concerning. The FA's quickly picked up breakfast and I asked if I needed to know anything (in an exit row).
Got down to 10,000 feet the pilot came on and said a warning light that the cabin MAY depressurized came on. It never depressurized but that didn't stop many people from telling the TV crews on the ground that it did. LOL
So I can certainly relate people not remembering the whole event when it was a little stressful. A guy next to me was writing messages to family.
The whole event was a little unnerving but it was never a disaster.
Got down to 10,000 feet the pilot came on and said a warning light that the cabin MAY depressurized came on. It never depressurized but that didn't stop many people from telling the TV crews on the ground that it did. LOL
So I can certainly relate people not remembering the whole event when it was a little stressful. A guy next to me was writing messages to family.
The whole event was a little unnerving but it was never a disaster.
Yes well...don't know the specifics of YOUR experience, but the gist is that sometimes the ill-informed can react badly, and slightly over-the-top.
It is ignorance (not a pejorative term, just a fact) of aviation.
As to the "...warning light that the cabin MAY depressurized came on." portion of your post? On most airliners, not only a light but an audible warning is associated. However, this is known only on the Flight Deck.
Per FAA (and other aviation Authority regulations) above 10,000 feet MSL cabin altitude both pilots must wear supplemental oxygen ('O2'). Typically on modern airliners the O2 masks in the PSUs in the cabin will not "trigger" unless the Cabin Altitude exceeds roughly 14,000 feet MSL.
In this recent case (SouthWest Airlines Flt 3426) the cabin O2 masks did not deploy? This tells me that it was a cockpit indication, and likely that appropriate Flight deck Crew response was initiated.
What sets this "non-incident" apart is: The PA from the cockpit, and the misunderstanding made by those NON-PILOTS who heard it, and misinterpreted.
Done.
It is ignorance (not a pejorative term, just a fact) of aviation.
As to the "...warning light that the cabin MAY depressurized came on." portion of your post? On most airliners, not only a light but an audible warning is associated. However, this is known only on the Flight Deck.
Per FAA (and other aviation Authority regulations) above 10,000 feet MSL cabin altitude both pilots must wear supplemental oxygen ('O2'). Typically on modern airliners the O2 masks in the PSUs in the cabin will not "trigger" unless the Cabin Altitude exceeds roughly 14,000 feet MSL.
In this recent case (SouthWest Airlines Flt 3426) the cabin O2 masks did not deploy? This tells me that it was a cockpit indication, and likely that appropriate Flight deck Crew response was initiated.
What sets this "non-incident" apart is: The PA from the cockpit, and the misunderstanding made by those NON-PILOTS who heard it, and misinterpreted.
Done.
Where's the professionalism? How about, we have a depressurization warning and we are going to make a steep descent to a lower altitude.
I was jump seating on a 757 where we lost an engine and diverted into Sioux Falls. To read the "harrowing" tail the next morning in the papers regarding the violent shaking, rolling, the lights going out (apu came up on line) passengers "shaken to the core" made me wonder if I had been on a different flight.