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Waldock said, however, if the air became contaminated it's likely that far more passengers
would have been affected. If combustion fumes entered the cabin, he added, people probably
would have detected a burning smell.
He said the pilots acted "by the book" in descending rapidly.
An aviation safety consultant and former airline pilot, John Cox, said the plane's rate of
descent wouldn't be considered extreme.
"It's like going down a hill," he said.
The National Transportation Safety Board was trying to understand the circumstances before
deciding what, if any, action to take, a spokesman said. The FAA said it had no new
information.
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Associated Press writers Chris Carola in Albany, New York, David Koenig in Dallas and
Joan Lowy in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.

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