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minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months ago@Hirom@beehaw.org @Overzeetop@beehaw.org The plane was still climbing, this happened at an altitude of 16000ft when the cruise altitude for that flight is 30000ft: This flight: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA1282/history/20240106/0050Z/KPDX/KPDX/tracklog Previous flight: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA1282/history/20240105/0050Z/KPDX/KONT/tracklog They usually keep the “seat belts” light on during ascent and descent because it’s when air pressures are changing (or you might run into a tree, or another airplane), while once at cruise altitude it is reasonably safe to take the seat belt off.
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The plane was still climbing, this happened at an altitude of 16000ft when the cruise altitude for that flight is 30000ft:
This flight: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA1282/history/20240106/0050Z/KPDX/KPDX/tracklog
Previous flight: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA1282/history/20240105/0050Z/KPDX/KONT/tracklog
They usually keep the “seat belts” light on during ascent and descent because it’s when air pressures are changing (or you might run into a tree, or another airplane), while once at cruise altitude it is reasonably safe to take the seat belt off.