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Jan 11, 2013, 8:58 am

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Originally Posted by zrs70

About five hours after take off. Anyone know why?

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/U...615Z/KLAX/KLAX

Everyone looked at Flightaware and missed the obvious? Look at the altitudes, this flight never got above 24,000, which is well below the typical altitudes flown. I'm guessing there was a pressurization problem. Compare to UAL863, but the point is that 24,000 is a low cruising altitude, even at full weight.