Irish airlines have put in place safety measures to check cabin pressure

IRISH airlines recently adopted new safety measures designed to prevent an accident similar to the one believed to have caused the death of 121 people on board the Cypriot airliner which crashed on Sunday.

Ryanair added a safety check on cabin pressure systems earlier this summer, after an incident last year when the pilot on one of its Boeing 737s forgot to restart the cabin’s oxygen supply after take-off.

This happened on a flight between the Spanish airport of Reus and Dublin on November 8, with 116 passengers and crew on board.