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Expressjet: Depressurized in Omaha


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Contact photographer Felix Sieder

What: Continental Airlines / Express Jet Embraer en route from Houston to Omaha
Where: Eppley Airfield
When: 2:40 p.m. Thursday
Who: 3 crew 49 passengers
Why: While descending to land, the plane’s automatic pressurization system failed . Oxygen masks were released for passengers. The emergency pressurization system was activated manually. Passengers did feel the pressure. One woman was treated for bleeding from the ears.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,555660,00.html

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    Information on the incident at the international airport “Kazan”
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