JetBlue passengers ‘hear loud bang’ as plane drops 30,000 feet in just 10 mins and is forced to make emergency landing
A JETBLUE plane plunged around 30,000 feet in under 10 minutes as it was forced to make an emergency landing.
Passengers claimed they heard a loud bang on the flight that was supposed to head to San Diego, California, on Saturday.
Around 130 people were on board the jet that had left New York’s JFK airport for the five-hour trip to the West Coast.
But the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Salina, Kansas, after the pilot received warnings of a potential smoke alert.
“Some passengers did report hearing a loud bang,” passenger Seth Odell told the NBC affiliate .
maps showed the plane’s rapid descent around two hours and 50 minutes into the journey.
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It plunged more than 30,000 feet in less than 10 minutes – dropping from an altitude of more than 10,000 meters.
Odell revealed that some passengers started to “freak out” while others cried.
“It was a little bit intense for a few minutes,” he said.
Fire crews charged down the tarmac as the Airbus A320 plane made its emergency landing.
Passengers were evacuated off the plane, making their way down a mobile set of stairs.
They hailed local airport workers who reportedly ordered pizzas for stranded passengers.
Federal Aviation Administration bosses have confirmed there will be an investigation, but fire chiefs said they didn’t find any major issue with the aircraft.
It was a little bit intense for a few minutes
Seth Odell
Last week, some passengers on a Delta plane were left with bloody noses after a jet experienced a pressurization issue.
Meanwhile, other passengers experienced nose bleeds.
A Delta spokesperson told The U.S. Sun that oxygen masks didn’t deploy.
The jet was carrying 140 passengers and 10 people needed medical treatment.
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