10 Delta passengers hurt in Salt Lake City emergency landing
10 Delta passengers hurt in Salt Lake City emergency landing of which includes some Tourists and are receiving medical care.
A Delta Air Lines aircraft experienced a pressurisation issue that forced an emergency landing on Sunday morning.
This led to medical assistance for at least ten passengers and the FAA is looking into the incident.
Ten people in need of assessment or treatment were discovered by paramedics upon meeting passengers at the gate.
On board were 140 passengers or Tourists.
All of the passengers received medical attention from doctors before being discharged.
However according to airport officials, some may have chosen to go to the hospital on their own for additional care.
The airline said it made the offer to pay for passengers’ transportation expenses to medical institutions.
The Salt Lake City Fire Department, which sent the paramedics to the site, acknowledged that none of their medics were transported to a hospital but stated that it was unable to comment on occurrences that took place on airport property.
A pressurisation problem forced Delta flight 1203 to return to Salt Lake City while it was in route from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Portland Oregon.
The airline stated that although the oxygen masks did not deploy, the plane was unable to pressurise above 10,000 feet.
After announcing an emergency, the five-year-old Boeing 737-900ER’s pilots dropped below 10,000 feet.
Preliminary flight data from flightradar24.com indicates that the aircraft was only momentarily above 10,000 feet.
The pilots of aircraft 1203 are audibly heard informing air traffic controllers, “Descending below 10,000 per cabin altitude warning,” and “And Delta 1203 we’re declaring an emergency.”
“Landed without incident at around 8:30 a.m. local time, Tourists are safe and ” the event is being looked into according to the FAA.
In a statement, Delta said, “We sincerely apologise to our customers for their experience on flight 1203 on September 15.”
“The flight crew followed procedures to return to SLC where our teams on the ground supported our customers with their immediate needs.”
According to the airline, the aircraft was taken out of service on September 15th in the morning and returned to service on September 16th following the resolution of the pressurisation problem by specialists.
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