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In-flight Issue No air conditioning on flight 4558 requires plane to fly dangerously low!

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Sep 7, 2009, 2:42 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Judge

And I don't get the whole flying low statement. As was said earlier, this would happen if their was a pressurization problem. OP never mentioned this was said by the crew.

Hate to do it, but I have to say we're not getting the full story or maybe the story is embellished a bit.

Bingo! I've already quoted 2 (extremely reliable) sources which confirm that from push-back to wheels-up was only 14 minutes and that the aircraft climbed to a cruising altitude of 24,000 ft which wouldn't be possible if the pressurization/air handling system wasn't working. Why don't we all agree this post was de-bunked, the OP, while having a semi-valid gripe about the 90 degree weather on the ground was way off base claiming their safety and lives were jeopardized, and label this one "case closed." Some people are just prone to complaining no matter what.

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In-flight Issue No air conditioning on flight 4558 requires plane to fly dangerously low!

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