[ad_1]
More than 30 passengers were hospitalized, some complaining of ear bleeding, after a Ryanair flight dropped 28,000 feet in less than 10 minutes on Friday, according to authorities and computer software. flight tracking.
"I can safely say that it was the most terrifying thing I've ever experienced," said passenger Roxanne Brownlee at ABC News.
A spokesman for Ryanair said that a "flight depressurization" in the plane, which was carrying 189 people, from Dublin, Ireland, to Zadar, Croatia, prompted the deployment of oxygen masks. The plane made an emergency landing at the Frankfurt-Hahn airport in Germany.
"The oxygen masks fell right in front of us – we were given no context, there was no announcement," Brownlee said. "We were all trying to put the oxygen masks on and people were screaming, crying and shouting".
When the plane began to tumble, Brownlee and another passenger, Sara Sihelnik, said that they had no news of the hostesses or captain.
"It was at that point that we were falling, that we thought," Here we are going to die, "said Brownlee.
Once the plane arrived at the airport, 33 people were taken to the hospital "to be treated for headaches and earaches and nausea, "according to the authorities. Sky News reported that some people complained that they were bleeding from their ears.
Brownlee and Sihelnik described the treatment they received after landing as "shameful".
"They brought about 100 hamburgers, for 189 of us there, they said that seniors and families with young children can sleep on cots in the basement, the rest of us was just left floating around, "Brownlee said. "So, we were all awake over 36 hours of the entire test – just completely exhausted, broken and I would just say shocked with the treatment we received from Ryanair."
Courtesy of FlightRadar24.com According to a spokesman for Ryanair. Guests received coupons and hotel accommodation was allowed, but there was a shortage of accommodations available. "
On Saturday, another Ryanair flight took the majority of passengers to their destination in Croatia. Of the 33 people admitted to the hospital, 22 were released and transported to Croatia because they had been told not to take the plane.
Source link
