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Their lives in this event. the plane was apparently at about 16,000 feet, so not subject to the maximum sort of pressurisation differential one would experience later on in flight. so if it was going to happen, it was fortunate that it happened at this altitude, and not at its full cruising altitude, where the depressurisation would have been potentially more severe, and more dramatic, shall be say. so having the passengers with their seat belts fastened may well have played an important part in...
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