FILE — The reported issue was on Delta Flight 1203 with passengers being accommodated on another aircraft. (Atlanta News First)
Salt Lake City
Passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight are recovering after a reported pressurization issue caused injuries to a few of the flyers.
CNN reports the pressure in the cabin caused bloody noses and other issues for travelers who were heading from Salt Lake City to Portland, Oregon, last Sunday.
The reported issue was on Delta Flight 1203 with passengers being accommodated on another aircraft once the plane returned to the airport in Salt Lake City.
A spokesperson for the airline shared that technicians fixed the pressurization issue on the aircraft and the plane was returned to service the next day.
Passenger Caryn Allen told KSL that it didn’t take very long for passengers to notice something was wrong on Sunday’s flight.
Allen said she and her husband had to put their hands over their ears while noticing another passenger suffering from a bloody nose.
“I looked about a row behind me, over on the other side of the aisle, and there was a gentleman that clearly had a very bad bloody nose, and people were trying to help him,” Allen said.
Another passenger, Jaci Purser, shared that it felt like somebody was stabbing her in the ear where she found blood.
A Delta Air Lines spokesperson apologized to the customers and said their flight crews followed protocol and gave the affected flyers immediate attention.
Just last week, WANF reported that a Delta plane was involved in an incident at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport where an Airbus A350 bound for Tokyo clipped the tail of a smaller aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it is investigating.