WASHINGTON, D.C. — US airline Delta apologized on Thursday after a recent flight had to make an emergency landing due to a cabin pressure problem, with local media reporting the incident caused passengers to bleed from the nose and ears.
The US Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating the September 15 incident on a flight from Salt Lake City in the southwestern state of Utah to Portland, Oregon in the Pacific Northwest.Delta said in a statement emailed to AFP that the aircraft, carrying 140 passengers, 'was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet'. After the plane landed, 10 people were checked or treated by medical personnel who met the flight at the gate, it added.
'Local station KSL TV interviewed passengers who described seeing people gripping their heads in pain or bleeding from their ears or noses not long after the plane took off.Passenger Jaci Purser told KSL TV she felt a stabbing pain in her ear.'I grabbed my ear, and I pulled my hand back, and there was blood on it,' she said.Delta said the plane's oxygen masks did not deploy.The Boeing 737-900 aircraft was repaired and was back in service the day after the incident, Delta said.
Airline Apologizes After Cabin Pressure Problem Injures Passengers
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