Multiple passengers on a Delta Airlines flight suffered from ruptured eardrums and bloody noses after an aircraft encountered pressurization issues.
According to local media outlets, the plane fell 10,000 feet in the air.
One passenger who goes by the name of Jaci Purser explained to KSL TV how she felt like someone was stabbing her. She quickly grabbed her ear and pulled her hand back. In no time she noticed that her hand was covered in so much blood.
She explained to the outlet how she even felt her ear popping from the high pressure inside the cabin and then a bubble.
The Boeing aircraft was carrying 140 passengers and was on its way to Portland in Oregon when the aircraft was not able to pressurize above 10k feet. Another spokesperson mentioned how oxygen masks did not deploy.
‘I looked over at my husband and he had covered both of his ears and was leaning forward’- another passenger added. Investigations into the incident are now taking place as many are trying to figure out what exactly happened.
The number of turbulence-related incidents has spiked in the past couple of months as many incidents of a similar kind were reported in the past.