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9:32 a.m. it was bound for connecticut. it made that emergency landing in buffalo, new york, at 11:40. we originally heard because a passenger lost consciousness. now were hearing that there was a pressurization problem. were also learning from flight trader 24 some more information. this is according to them. there was steep descent of that aircraft. it took them from 38,000 feet to 10,000 feet in about three minutes. what were learning now, one person loss of consciousness. so that emergency l...

Job properly everyone perished on board. in this case there was time for the pilots to take corrective action if that was indeed the problem. i think that would be more likely a problem. as les mentioned, most of the doors are plug doors. it would be very difficult for them to open. in this particular model of aircraft theres an external cargo door that does maintain pressure. weve seen that door fail the seal on that door fail before. when that seal fails, it can cause a slow decompression but ...

Baldwin. we have more details just coming into us on this midair emergency over new york state. it was this united express plane operated by sky west. had to make this emergency landing in buffalo, new york after leaving from chicago after what the faa is calling pressurization problem. this plane plummeted 28,000 feet in a mere three minutes time. we now know at least one passenger lost consciousness. joining me now with the very latest i have cnns jean casarez and also mary schiavo, former ins...

Reportedly lost consciousness. the federal aviation administration issued this statement to fox news. "skywest airlines flight 56 landed safely at buffalo international airport at 11:40 a.m. after the crew reported a pressurization problem and declared an emergency. the flight departed from chicago ohare international airport and was heading to bradley international airport in windsor locks, connecticut. check with local authorities on the condition and crew of passengers. the faa will investiga...

The pilot brought the plane down rapidly and told atc he thought they may have a pressurization problem. because of that, they landed on an emergency basis at buffalo, that single passenger who we now believe had taken ill and passed out, was taken by paramedics to the hospital. according to sky west no other passengers had become ill. so this appears to have been a case where a bit of communication breakdown between the pilot radioing air traffic control reporting a possible cabin pressurizatio...

Descent, it does appear obviously that that was an unusual event and that something very compelling caused the crew to make the decision to start down but during that eight-minute time frame there should have been adequate time more than enough time to even get a quick message out about why they were descending. if they had experienced a pressurization problem, this is pure speculation, but if they had a pressurization problem we have an actual checklist that we follow to get the aircraft safely...

The fact that it attained a cruise altitude for whatever reason they initiated a descent descent. why they didnt stop that descent at an altitude that would allow them not to have a pressurization problem, thats going to be one of the things the investigators are looking at. right now, the investigators are looking at the records of the pilots pilots, the records of the maintenance of the aircraft the air traffic control facilities. in other words, theyre now gathering all the facts and the data...

So this is a widely used and very reliable aircraft. >> its a great plane. it has one of the best safety records of any airplane ever built. its a great machine. >> and how do you explain the fact that there was no automated distress signal, they were flying at 38,000 feet as francis francisryiry ver va was just showing us and descended over the course of nine or ten minutes in an orderly progression. >> that descent rate is really very ordinary. its about the same rate that would happen on a no...

Emergency situation. one of the other things, of course, is pressurization issues. if you have a high altitude pressurization problem, catastrophic decompression, the time of useful consciousness in the 20,000 to 30,000 foot range is a matter of seconds. while crews are trained to deal with these emergency situations, these rapid decompressions or explosive decompression situations, again its all a matter of timing. and similar to a -- where he was flying the crew passed out because of oxygen de...

Investigations in the past. how come on is that among aircraft flying these days? >> probably more common than you might imagine, jon. probably 40 to 50 times a year a commercial airliner has to declare an emergency due to a pressurization issue. just two days ago a delta flight, detroit to washington, d.c. had to declare one. dropped down under 10,000 feet. it is more common than you might imagine. jon: this was a good-sized aircraft. looks to me like a 757. might have been a 767. at any rate 1...