article_snippet.sent: SkyWest Airlines flight 5622 was flying from Chicago to Connecticut when the pilot was alerted to a potential loss of cabin pressure.
article_snippet.sent: As an increasing number of passengers began to complain of dizzyness, and three lost consciousness, the pilot plunged the aircraft into a terrifying dive to drop 30,000 feet in just eight minutes - before landing in Buffalo, New York.
article_snippet.sent: Passenger Frank Angelo said Passenger Frank Angelo immediately feared for the safety of Passenger Frank Angelo wife and kids as the planenosedived' 30,000 feet in just eight minutes . '
article_snippet.sent: You could feel something in the air, something just wasn't right,' recalled one passenger before the plane plunged miles in mere minutes.
article_snippet.sent: Initially, reports came in that a cabin door had opened during the flight helping out, leading to dramatic loss in cabin pressure.
article_snippet.sent: However, an official with knowledge of the incident told the LA Times that crew members did report that a door had come open at 38,000 feet and was causing 'rapid depressurization.'
article_snippet.sent: Passenger, Dave Barkley, 46, told the LA Times that he was sat near the front of the aircraft and he saw a flight attendant race to the cockpit and tell the pilot passengers were falling unconscious.
article_snippet.sent: Suddenly, he was sat near the front of the aircraft and he saw a flight attendant race to the cockpit and tell the pilot passengers were falling unconscious announced a SkyWest Airlines plane was going to begin an emergency landing over Detroit. '
article_snippet.sent: he was sat near the front of the aircraft and he saw a flight attendant race to the cockpit and tell the pilot passengers were falling unconscious said there was a pressure problem with a SkyWest Airlines plane,' he said. '
article_snippet.sent: It was at that moment he was sat near the front of the aircraft and he saw a flight attendant race to the cockpit and tell the pilot passengers were falling unconscious took decisive action and put a SkyWest Airlines plane into a steep dive rather than take any risks. '
article_snippet.sent: While another passenger said, 'you could just feel something in the air, something just wasn't quite right.'
article_snippet.sent: For nearly eight minutes, Passenger Larry Johnson descended at a very steep incline, dropping as fast as 7,000 feet per minute, while flying over Lake Erie, flight tracking service FlightAware said.
article_snippet.sent: According to WKBW, one passenger said Passenger Larry Johnson 'nosedived' and crew told fliers that there was a loss of cabin pressure, but that turned out not to be true.
highlights_snippet.sent: The FAA, carrying 75 passengers dropped from 38,000ft to 10,000ft in three minutes .
  