Cabin pressure drops, plane plummets 20,000 ft in mid-air scare for an AirAsia flight

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Cabin pressure drops, plane plummets 20,000 ft in mid-air scare for an AirAsia flight

Twenty-five minutes after it took off, cabin pressure dropped in an AirAsia's Indonesia-bound flight and the plane plummeted from 35,000 ft to 10,000 ft in a matter of nine minutes. Flight QZ535 started its journey from Australia and had 151 passengers on board. Once the flight started losing altitude, oxygen masks released from the overhead panel.
 
Videos of people in distress with oxygen masks dangling in front of the passengers have been doing the rounds. An alarm went off and the crew members asked the passenger to assume the brace position.
 
AirAsia later explained that the flight went through some "technical issue". The airline further mentioned that the safety of its passengers is its priority and that they are sorry for the inconvenience caused.

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