(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) A US military aircraft suffered an unexpected loss of air pressure Saturday over the Atlantic Ocean, prompting it to be diverted "as a precaution," an Air Force spokesman said.
The C-5, a military cargo plane then carrying 25 passengers and crew, was 34,000 feet high "when the aircraft experienced a loss of pressurization shortly after 11 am.," said 1st Lt. Andre Bowser, a spokesman at Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts.
The plane was supposed to go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, but instead was redirected to Westover, Bowser said.
The C-5 was diverted to that base where it is currently assigned "for maintenance," he said.
"No injuries were reported, and no in-flight emergency was declared," Bowser said
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