but something happened right there. they had a 6,000-foot rated descent, which is much too high for an a 20 for the a for the airbus. right. so that is the the 321 airbus. that is the perplexing thing. something happened is that a pressurization problem? well, it could have been. but normally he would have leveled off at 10,000, gregg, and then he would have gone to either cairo, alexandria, or tel aviv, wherever he had a good location to go. but he didn t. so i ve discounted that as a course of action, and i really think it s in the flight control probably. but i do not know. but the good thing is they do know. they ve got that should tell the story. as we reported earlier, two of europe s largest airlines have now decided to avoid flying over that exact area, the sinai area, where as we know egyptian forces have been battling islamic
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listen to some of what they went through. we had a few people that were passing out. the rapidness of the drop of the airplane coming down very quickly, rattling and shaking. like a steep roller coaster coming down very quickly. it s just so scary. there are more questions than answers. the faa is investigating. we need to know why there was a pressurization problem, and was it because people started passing out? and the ultimate question was, why were people passing out? did more people pass out because they had such a fast descent? we will talk about a big story happening at a court in north carolina. general petraeus getting his day in court. why his expected plea deal has critics calling foul. pamela following this story. we are going to tell you
very rough. very rough. i ve been flying for 25 years. it s never been that rough. first time i ve ever felt that way. it was bumpy and there are a few people who got ill. happy to be on ground after a long day, yeah. a boston ems spokeswoman says two people were taken to the hospital with what are believed to be minor injuries. a different scare for passengers on a united express flight operated by sky west. the plane was headed from chicago to connecticut when it made an emergency landing in buffalo, new york, yesterday after three passengers passed out. the faa says the crew reported a possible pressurization problem but the airline released this statement. after examination by maintenance personnel and local authorities, there have been no indications of a pressurization problem or any other issues with the aircraft. our investigation is ongoing. the airline says passengers were evaluated by medical responders on the ground in buffalo and were released. now to an odd an
it originally was one passenger, skywest airline said and this was a express flight from chicago bound for connecticut, and skywest airlines confirmed with us three passengers reported to lose consciousness on that plane, but there was no indication of a pressurization problem. poppy, they took us through, skywest confirms the pilots believed there was a freshen problem initially, and followed the proper steps. it takes about 20 minutes to descend. we don t know why the crew believed there was a pressurization problem. there was no indication at all, and when the plane landed it showed there was not. but we want to take you into what that plane and what those passengers felt.