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Iran Air Emergency Descent


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Contact photographer Thomas Posch

What: Iran Air Boeing 727-200 en route from Chah-Bahar to Zahedan
Where: Iran
When: Oct 23rd 2009
Who: Not available
Why: While enroute, the cabin pressure dropped rapidly. Oxygen masks were deployed, and the plane began an emergency descent to height where a safe pressure could be maintained. The flight continued on to its destination and landed safely.

The crisis is speculated to be due to a malfunctioning or blocked valve in the air conditioning system.

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