Delta flight passengers face bloody nose and ears amid pressurization issue in US

In a harrowing experience for some passengers, the cabin pressure in a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Portland, Oregon caused bloody noses and ears.

The company has apologised and a spokesperson informed that Flight 1203 was not able to pressurize above 10,000 feet. The spokesperson added, “The flight crew followed procedures to return to SLC where our teams on the ground supported our customers with their immediate needs.”

The passengers of the Flight 1203 were later accommodated on another flight and the company informed that Delta technicians fixed the pressurization issue and the flight was back in the service the following day. It wasn’t detailed what caused the pressurization issue in the aircraft.

A passenger of the flight, Jaci Purser told CNN, “I heard some air come out and then it started bubbling. It sounded like my ear was bubbling, my right ear, and I touched my ear, and there was blood coming out.”

Another passenger Caryn Allen narrated her ordeal in the plane to NBC News and said, “I looked about a row behind me, over on the other side of the aisle, and there was a gentleman that clearly had a very bad bloody nose, and people were trying to help him.”

The Boeing aircraft of Delta Air Lines had 140 people on board and the medical personnel treated or evaluated 10 of them. But no serious injuries were reported in the incident.

America’s aviation watchdog Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said that it will investigate the said incident of Delta Air Lines.

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