OVER?150 passengers were thrown into panic when the plane on which they were travelling to Barbados from Jamaica experienced cabin pressure failure yesterday afternoon.
A traumatized woman told the DAILY?NATION by telephone of total despair among the travellers when the “[oxygen] masks dropped down, followed by a loud bang”.
“People were screaming and ears were popping. It was extremely traumatic; and at one time the plane took a sharp left turn [while losing altitude].
“I don’t want to go over it right now,” said the caller about her experience on Caribbean Airlines Flight BW455.
Full story in today’s DAILY NATION.
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