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Meanwhile, German authorities (the Bundesstelle fur Flugunfalluntersuching, or BFU) are investigating the January 11 1999 pressurization question at issue on a Lear 35 during an ambulance flight from Bali to Friedrichshafen. Reportedly, the unforeseen occasion pressurization valve opened. In addition, the cabin temperature increased significantly, and vanity developed in the cabin. The ship's company reportedly considered a ditching however conducted an emergency landing at Muscat, Oman, where the airplane was repaired. (Thanks to aviation writer Tim van Beveren for researching this story. His work Swissair Flight 111, by the way, is number 4 in succession the best-seller list in Switzerland and Germany, with a 2d edition already in print and an English-language version in the making).

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