Is there a pilot on the plane ? You inevitably remember that parody and cult film from the 80s. It is a bit what passengers on an Air China flight must have felt a few days ago following a failure of the air conditioning system. Wishing to use his e-cigarette in the cabin, the Boeing 737-800 co-pilot almost suffocated the passengers.
A SERIOUS MISTAKE WHICH FINALLY HAS NO CONSEQUENCES!
This story is clearly not going to restore the image of the e-cigarette, which is already struggling to get out of the controversy. A co-pilot of a flight Air China wanting to use his electronic cigarette in mid-flight, cut the air conditioning system on board, causing a rapid drop in the level of oxygen in the passenger compartment, relates the newspaper The South China Morning Post.
This incident took place on a plane from Dalian to Hong Kong. According to an airport security officer, the co-pilot who had decided to use his e-cigarette did not say a word about it to his colleagues and turned off the air conditioning to prevent the vapor from entering the cabin . The cabin then depressurized and the oxygen masks were released.
The plane must have made a sudden drop of 6.000 meters in nine minutes and was finally able to resume its flight at the relatively low altitude of 7.500 meters. The 153 passengers and all crew members finally arrived safely and safely.
Some aviation experts, however, questioned the pilots' decision to continue the flight despite the lack of oxygen.
“Vaping” pilot causes Air China plane to plunge 7,000m pic.twitter.com/fhWSMxnNKW
- CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) July 14, 2018
«It was irresponsible not to interrupt the flight, considering that the oxygen masks had already been used. In the event of further depressurization, passengers would have been deprived of oxygen"Explained the pilot of the airline Cathay Pacific Airways, David Newbery.
Air China, which owns the aircraft, has undertaken to "adopt a zero tolerance policy"And"to punish those responsible».
