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Jetliner makes emergency landing after passengers faint
An American Airlines 737 jetliner with 134 passengers aboard made an emergency landing in Dayton, Ohio, Friday morning after passengers became ill and at least two fainted, CNN affiliates in Dayton reported.
Shortly after American Flight 547 left Reagan National Airport in Washington bound for Chicago, two flight attendants reported feeling dizzy, WDTN reported, citing American spokesman Tim Smith. Pilots dropped oxygen masks in the cabin, but at least two and as many as four passengers fainted, according to the CNN affiliate reports.
Six passengers received medical treatment after getting off the plane in Dayton and two were taken to a hospital, WHIO reported. It said the remaining passengers were being held in a sterile room in the Dayton airport.
The jet may have had depressurization problems, WHIO reported, citing an airline spokesperson.
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This would not have happened if Captain Chesley Sullenberger was @ the helm!
sorry folks, it was me. people generally faint when they see the size of my fuselage.
Fainting is like yawning. One person starts and pretty soon it's the whole plane.
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My money is on either Skydrol or the oil they use in the engines. That stuff get sucked in through the air bleed system, and then it gets distributed through the cabin air system. Both are pretty nasty, especially when they are inhaled.
Hypoxia! More than likely the ones that fainted or felt faint were smokers. It points to a depress. problem in the cabin but a small dip or all would have felt faint. A complete depress. would have been a true emergency and anyone that's been in a depress. chamber knows it doesn't take long before you're out!
My mother was on this flight and her oxygen mask did not come down!
Helios Flight 522 is what this make me think of - The pilots set the cabin pressure to manual, thus leaving the cabin unpressurised during the flight. as everyone knows, there is not enough oxygen past 10,000 feet for humans to breathe.Thus,all passengers and crew fainted, then died from hypoxia or the resulting crash.
tampa mike: what hillbilly state are you from. don't trash talk ohio: get a life!
Any word on if the fainted passengers were offered jobs as air traffic controllers?
Not until sarah palin finishes asking them questions.
In an effort to get more people on a plane, the airlines are now enforcing a strict policy of synchronized breathing. Even number rows must exhale at the same time as odd number rows inhale, then they alternate through out the flight. Apparently someone screwed up the sequence. Once identified, that person get charged a $150 breathing out of turn fee.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?