Mayday at 31,000ft revealed in investigator's FlySafair report

Oxygen masks dropped as the crew of the FlySafair Boeing 737-400 broadcast a Mayday and executed a hard right turn above Montagu on their way back to Cape Town.

Due to the failure of the pressure seal around a cargo door, the cabin of the plane suffered rapid decompression. Part of the seal was found protruding from the aft cargo door and an 84cm section of it was missing -"probably sucked out during the flight".The damaged cargo door seal on the FlySafair Boeing 737-400.Fortunately it ended with a safe landing and no injuries - and numerous lessons learned.

The route followed by the FlySafair Boeing 737-400 on August 20 2019. The blue line shows the takeoff, followed by the emergency right-hand turn over Montagu. The line changes to red when the pilots change to an emergency radio frequency.

Well done to Fly Safair, you are still my first choice for holidays.

as if i wasn't fearful enough of flying

Thankfully no one was injured thanks to the All_Mighty_God

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