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SIA flight to Paris makes U-turn soon after take-off from Changi; oxygen masks deployed during descent

The Singapore Airlines flight bound for Paris had climbed to 24,000 feet and was over Malaysia when it turned back towards Singapore. Oxygen masks were deployed as the plane descended.PHOTO: TWITTER/JCGRENOBLE.

The Singapore Airlines flight bound for Paris had climbed to 24,000 feet and was over Malaysia when it turned back towards Singapore. Oxygen masks were deployed as the plane descended.PHOTO: TWITTER/JCGRENOBLE.

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A Singapore Airlines flight which left Changi Airport early Monday (Nov 19) morning made a U-turn less than an hour after take-off, after pilots reported a drop in cabin pressure to air traffic controllers.

It is not known what caused this to happen on the Boeing 777-300ER plane.

   

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