Do you mean "drops" or "descends"
It dipped
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St. John's, Newfoundland (CTV/CNN) - United Airlines passengers headed from
Washington D.C. to London wound up taking a detour to Canada after the jet suddenly began to lose altitude.
Passengers say the plane dipped in the sky.
The plane was diverted and landed safely in Newfoundland, Canada Monday morning.
"Starting at about 1:30 in the morning, we were notified by Air Traffic Control that a United aircraft 757 was declaring an emergency. The aircraft had a number one engine shut down. Once we were notified of that, we had about an hour's notice. At about 2:30, we notified all the local emergencies and activated our emergency plan and put the resources on standby at the airport. The aircraft landed safely and by about three in the morning, everything was under control and passengers were brought to the terminal and emergency services folks checked them out and went back to their stations," said Bob Nurse, Director of Security and Emergency Response at St. John's Airport.