Flight From O'Hare Diverted After "Multiple" Passengers Fall Ill
A registered emergency room nurse who came to the aid of an ill passenger on board a United Express jet on Wednesday morning said she realized something was "very wrong" when she and others also became light-headed during the flight.
The crew of Flight 5622 from O'Hare International Airport declared an emergency en route to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut and put the plane down at Buffalo Niagara International Airport at about 11:40 a.m after a passenger lost consciousness and the pilot worried the cabin had lost pressure, the airline said....
Marissa Snow, a spokeswoman for the St. George, Utah-based airline said the jet landed safely and that three passengers lost consciousness. An additional 15 adults and two children were evaluated upon landing, but none required treatment outside the airport, airport spokesman C. Douglas Hartmayer said.
"Anyone who said they didn't feel well was treated at the gate," he said.
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