"The King Air departed Aspen on a repositioning flight with two pilots and no passengers, then experienced rapid loss of cabin pressurization while climbing through 23,000 feet."
The aircraft operator's original statement identifies the aircraft as Super King Air 200 N479BR and confirms the Aspen departure, repositioning flight, two-person crew and pressurization emergency at 23,000 feet. The documented altitude closely parallels the final radio altitude of Payne Stewart's Learjet in 1999.
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