Javier C. Hernández and Benjamin Malapris joined the conductor Daniel Harding as he piloted an Air France flight from Rome to Paris. On a stormy day more than 34,000 feet above Paris, Air France Flight 1205 prepared to make its descent. Flight attendants began checking seat backs and tray tables, and passengers groggily emerged from naps.

Accompanying footage shows the aftermath of the incident, in which shaken passengers are seen muttering in hushed tones with the oxygen masks dangling in front of their faces.

A pilot on an Air France flight had to enact an emergency landing after a dangerous loss in pressure prompted the flight crew to deploy oxygen masks. The Airbus A318 had been flying from Paris, France to Barcelona,

An Air France spokesperson stated that the oxygen masks were deployed as a precaution since the automatic mask drop altitude had not been reached. The airline emphasized that safe