As reported by Sydney Morning Herald (and lots of other places).

The general theme is:

- There was a rapid loss of cabin pressure whilst cruising at about 35,000 feet.
- The Pilots executed standard practise - a rapid descent to ~8,000 feet. Oxygen masks for aircrew, cabin attendants and passengers are deployed and in use.
- Once at 8,000 feet and Oxygen no longer required, it was explained that the aircraft was diverting etc etc.

Then we get the whining.
- Oxygen not working! Cant feel it! My response: You didnt pass out, did you? It takes about 5 minutes to drop that much altitute, which is sufficient that you would be all but hypoxic if you werent on supplementary oxygen. Standard safety briefings on aircraft often note that you won't necessarily see the bag inflate.. !
- We weren't told what was going on! My response: Everyone had o2 masks on. Do you expect them to take the mask off to talk to you?

Perhaps passengers need to be better educated as to what the SOP is for an explosive decompression event.

And unless there's a sudden rash of these events, I really hope RyanAir don't get judged for this too harshly. It sounds like they did things by the book.

PS: Why are people feeling free to send panic'd text messages when theyre 'going down' ? If Cellphones interfere with flight equipment (sore point, I know) why do people think that making life _harder_ for the aircrew during an emergency is in any way a good idea???