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they be looking for in terms of safety checks to make sure that these planes are good to fly? >> they're going to have to be very careful. i believe the ntsb chair or somebody mentioned this particular airplane had a pressurization problem. it's only 11 weeks old, at the time of the accident. i'm not suggesting that this door plug was the cause of the pressurization problem, but they'll be looking at that. they'll be looking at the mechanics that must have opened that door. you open it from the outside. you can't open it from the inside as a passenger. but did they close it properly? they'll also be looking at the manufacturing and the quality control of this particular product. they're going to be busy. as mike pointed out, they're obviously going to be looking for the missing door that may be on somebody's roof. >> it's entering to hear the
we have it up on the screen right now, starting in blountville, virginia, i mean, tennessee, and then going up northeast around new york and then back down straight across the middle of washington, d.c. what do you make of that? >> you know what? when i first heard this, pretty much the payne stewart plane crash that happened years ago where they had a pressurization problem with the aircraft came into mind, so if the pilot is incapacitated and loses oxygen, they could either one or both pilots completely out cold in the cockpit of the airplane, and the plane basically would be like a ghost plane until it ran out of fuel, but it's just very very strange, this u-turn, it is really unexplainable. typically when if there's a loss of pressurization or the pilots become unconscious the airplane usually flies in pretty much a straight line. you normally donn see the u-turn. even up at a high altitude such as 30,000 feet, typically the
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
hillary rodham clinton without being accused of being sexist. >> heather nauert, what do you have for us? >> a couple of things starting overseas this morning. fox news alert breaking overnight. two attackers open fire on the u.s. consulate in turkey's largest city. police in istanbul firing back as the pair tries to get away. female suspect was hit and captured. this comes hours after seven people, including three police officers wrrks hurt in a bombing at a police station. four people responsible for that attack have been killed. we'll keep watching this story. terrifying moments for 50 passengers on board a united airlines flight when that plane suddenly plunged 10,000 feet mid air. that rapid descent caused by a pressurization problem on that plane as it headed from charlotte to chicago. that flight had to make an emergency landing in
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 and horrible case of mistaken identity. it involves two families law enforcement in two countries, and a very confused innocent
>> 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.
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consciousness. no problem with the door. so we can confirm that. other 75 passengers being accommodated. they say nothing about a loss of pressurization. but it's the faa that confirmed with cnn that the crew -- so it doesn't differentiate between a flight attendant or a pilot -- noted a pressurization problem and declared an emergency. >> what about this unconscious passenger? is he or she okay? >> we understand they were treated at the airport in buffalo, and they are okay. but as you said last hour we've only heard of one. if you descend at that rapid of a rate who's to say everybody else is okay? but we have on the record that one lost consciousness. >> okay. jean casarez, thank you so much. let's move on and talk about baltimore. new video just in to cnn of the arrest of freddie gray. let me somehow yo this. he's the 25-year-old baltimore man whose death in police custody has sparked this new round of fierce protests against police brutality.
only in japan but all over the world. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." for our viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. all right. let's get straight to this breaking news here on this afternoon. i'm brooke baldwin. here's what we know. this united express plane, it was leaving chicago's o'hare airport a couple hours ago. it had to be diverted to buffalo, new york and made this emergency landing after a passenger lost consciousness. so let's begin with what we know. jean casarez is with me. we're hearing from the faa, they're officially reporting it was a pressurization problem. >> we just got that in. a pressurization problem. but here's what we know. it was united flight number 5622. it left chicago this morning at