Truly a bizarre flight. Imagine flying on a long flight between Delhi and Mumbai with all the oxygen masks hanging over the heads of the passengers. And this actually happened. Most people flying would never actually see an oxygen mask except when the air-hostess does the safety drill and shows the oxygen mask. Typically, the oxygen mask deploys when there is a problem in cabin air pressure, and is meant to allow people to get more oxygen. Thus, if this happens in a normal flight, it can get scary. It will be even more scary for young kids who would get totally worried when this happens. And so, there is an actual flight where the oxygen masks dropped throughout the cabin, but the pilots thought nothing about it, and continued on the flight.
NEW DELHI: Every time you board an aircraft, you hear the standard pre-takeoff announcement of overhead oxygen masks falling in case of fall in cabin pressure. Most passengers feel this will never happen and don’t pay attention to it, but a recent Air India flight from Delhi to Mumbai flew all the way with the masks hanging over the heads of passengers.