BUFFALO, N.Y., April 23 (UPI) -- SkyWest Airlines Flight 5622 made an emergency landing in Buffalo, N.Y, after three passengers reportedly lost consciousness on Wednesday.
The flight was scheduled to travel from Chicago, Ill., to Hartford, Conn. Passengers received medical attention before release. SkyWest confirmed passengers lost consciousness.
About 75 passengers were accomodated to another aircraft to travel to Hartford later in the afternoon. The plane descended about 28,000 feet in three minutes.
"It would feel like a roller coaster -- when you're coming over the top and you're going down," aviation analyst Mary Schiavo told CNN. "You know that these pilots knew they were in a very grave and very serious situation."
There were initial reports of cabin pressurization issues, but the Federal Aviation Administration and the airline would later state pressurization was not a problem.
