article_snippet.sent: Mary Cunningham, a nurse, who was on board said that the plane 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: The situation arose about an hour after take-off, when three passengers on the Embraer 175 twin-jet from Chicago to Connecticut  lost consciousness and others began feeling dizzy and sick.
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 the plane 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 the plane.
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: 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: 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.
highlights_snippet.sent: Three passengers passed out on board the flight and an additional 15 adults and two children were evaluated upon landing .