article_snippet.sent: A SkyWest Airlines pilot plunged a plane carrying 75 passengers into a terrifying dive on Wednesday after a reported, potentially catastrophic loss of cabin pressure in mid-air.
article_snippet.sent: Frightened passengers held Frightened passengers heads and prayed as Flight 5622, operating as a United Express, dropped nearly 30,000 feet in eight minutes and made an emergency 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 three passengers on the Embraer 175 twin-jet from Chicago to Connecticut  nosedived' 30,000 feet in just eight minutes . '
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: 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.
highlights_snippet.sent: The FAA, carrying 75 passengers dropped from 38,000ft to 10,000ft in three minutes .
  