Delta mentioned that the plane “was unable to pressurize above 10,000 toes” (Representational)

Washington, United States:

US airline Delta apologized on Thursday after a latest flight needed to make an emergency touchdown as a consequence of a cabin stress drawback, with native media reporting the incident brought about passengers to bleed from the nostril and ears.

The US Federal Aviation Administration mentioned it was investigating the September 15 incident on a flight from Salt Lake Metropolis within the southwestern state of Utah to Portland, Oregon within the Pacific Northwest.

Delta mentioned in an announcement emailed to AFP that the plane, carrying 140 passengers, “was unable to pressurize above 10,000 toes”.

After the aircraft landed, 10 folks have been checked or handled by medical personnel who met the flight on the gate, it added.

“We sincerely apologize to our prospects for his or her expertise on flight 1203 on Sept. 15,” the assertion mentioned.

“The flight crew adopted procedures to return to SLC the place our groups on the bottom supported our prospects with their rapid wants.”

Native station KSL TV interviewed passengers who described seeing folks gripping their heads in ache or bleeding from their ears or noses not lengthy after the aircraft took off.

Passenger Jaci Purser advised KSL TV she felt a stabbing ache in her ear.

“I grabbed my ear, and I pulled my hand again, and there was blood on it,” she mentioned.

Delta mentioned the aircraft’s oxygen masks didn’t deploy.

The Boeing 737-900 plane was repaired and was again in service the day after the incident, Delta mentioned.

The aircraft isn’t a part of the Boeing 737 MAX fleet, which introduced renewed scrutiny to the embattled aviation big in January when a fuselage panel blew out of an Alaska Airways aircraft mid-flight, necessitating an emergency touchdown.
 

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