Delta Plane plunges nearly 30,000 feet in less than 7 minutes, causing the deployment of oxygen masks

Passengers from a recent Delta flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Endured seven minutes of terror while Flight 2353 quickly crashed to nearly 30 000 feet.

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"The air masks, the oxygen masks fell off the top of the plane. A kind of chaos ensued among the passengers, "said Harris Dewoskin, who was on board the flight. He added that, despite the crew's efforts to keep people calm, many of his passengers had panicked.

The photos shared by the passengers show anxious passengers sitting in their seats with the oxygen masks hanging from the ceiling.

Dewoskin added, "I believe one of the flight attendants grabbed the intercom and said repeatedly," Do not panic. Do not panic, but it's obviously a hectic moment, so the passengers around me, many people were somehow hyperventilating and breathing very hard. "

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Another passenger shared photos of the oxygen pockets, claiming that the flight crew "was awesome @ to keep people calm".

In a statement shared with PEOPLE, Delta apologized to passengers for the scary flight.

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The aircraft is currently being evaluated by a maintenance technician. Passengers were bused from Tampa to Fort Lauderdale and arrived Thursday night.

"Life is fragile like. There was a frightening period of 60 to 90 seconds without us really knowing what was going on, "said Dewoskin. "At 15,000 feet in the air, that's for sure, it's a scary moment."