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Higher Flying Lowers Comfort

On flights at 8,000 feet, passengers feel the pain; cabin pressure often too low

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 6, 2007 10:56 AM CDT

(Newser) – Airline passengers routinely suffer from altitude sickness, and aircraft cabins are insufficiently pressurized to prevent it, a new study concludes. Altitudes of 8,000 feet above sea level result in 4% lower oxygen saturation in the blood, researchers found; cabins are often pressurized at the...   Read full story »

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