article_snippet.sent: The situation arose about an hour after take-off, when three passengers on the jetChicago Connecticut lost consciousness and others began feeling dizzy and sick.
article_snippet.sent: When three passengers on the Embraer 175 twin-jet from Chicago to Connecticut   landed, SkyWest initially claimed that the aircraft landed 'out of an abundance of caution' because of one sick passenger and denied there was any mechanical malfunction - which conflicted with reports from people on three passengers on the Embraer 175 twin-jet from Chicago to Connecticut  .
article_snippet.sent: Late on Wednesday, SkyWest said new information from medical personnel confirmed that 'a total of three passengers reported a loss of consciousness while on the flight'.
article_snippet.sent: Mary Cunningham, a nurse, who was on board said that three passengers on the Embraer 175 twin-jet from Chicago to Connecticut   did not land because of just one person's medical emergency as a lot of people on board began to feel dizzy and unwell .
article_snippet.sent: You could feel something in the air, something just wasn't right,' recalled one passenger before three passengers on the Embraer 175 twin-jet from Chicago to Connecticut   plunged miles in mere minutes.
article_snippet.sent: The flight attendant and myself started not feeling very well while we were in the middle of the flight helping out.
article_snippet.sent: When three passengers on the Embraer 175 twin-jet from Chicago to Connecticut   landed at 11.40am, the FAA issued a statement saying the crew 'reported a pressurization problem and declared an emergency', shortly before landing in Buffalo.
article_snippet.sent: On landing this was declared untrue and SkyWest Airlines said SkyWest Airlines were examining what happened on the aircraft midflight.
article_snippet.sent: SkyWest spokeswoman Marissa Snow said: 'There were no reports before the unconscious passenger prior to the initiated descent, but I can't speak to what may have been the specific cause of SkyWest Airlines feeling ill.'
article_snippet.sent: The way SkyWest is reporting it is that someone got sick, and they had to land,' Barkley told the LA Times. '
article_snippet.sent: But the way we understand it, they got sick because of the lack of oxygen or lack of pressure in a SkyWest Airlines plane.'
article_snippet.sent: The passenger was lethargic.
article_snippet.sent: It was then when A nurse flying on the Embraer 175 twin-jet says the woman sitting behind the first passed out, as well.
article_snippet.sent: The flight attendant and myself started not feeling very well while we were in the middle of the flight helping out.
article_snippet.sent: While another passenger said, 'you could just feel something in the air, something just wasn't quite right.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Three passengers passed out on board the flight and an additional 15 adults and two children were evaluated upon landing .