SIA SCARE SQ 222

SQ 222 FROM SYDNEY TO SINGAPORE TURNED BACK AFTER A CABIN DEPRESSURISATION ABOUT 40 MIN OUT OF SYDNEY.SQ222 DROPPED FROM FL360 TO SAFE LEVEL 10000FEET IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AS PROCEDURE PERMITS ON B747-400.8 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH EAR PROBLEMS DUE TO RAPID DECENT AND THE REMAINING PAX WILL FLY ON TO SINGAPORE TOMORROW.THE A/C 9VSMP WILL BE FLOWN BACK TO SINGAPORE TOMORROW.I HAPPEND TO HAVE JUST ARRIVED IN SYDNEY FLYING EMIRATES EK 67 FROM SINGAPORE WHEN I HEARD THE CALL OVER BRISBANE CENTRE ON MY FLIGHTS DECENT TO SYDNEY.I ALLOWED OUR PLANE TO DROP BACK SO AS SQ 222 COULD EXPEDITE ASAP.ON SPEAKING WITH A FRIEND AT SIA HE TOLD ME THAT THE 747-400 OFTEN HAS THIS CABIN PRESSURE PROBLEM ABOUT 2 OR 3 TIMES A YEAR.ALL IN ALL A WELL HANDLED SITUATION BY THE SIA CAPTAIN.
I AM FLYIN BACK TO SINGAPORE ON FRIDAY IN MY TRUSTY 777