The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating how a British Midland DC-9 carrying 106 passengers from Heathrow to Edinburgh fell 26,000 feet in under three minutes after a loss of cabin pressure. In a separate incident, a Lufthansa airbus burst two tyres landing at Heathrow, blocking a runway for several hours.
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