Mid-air panic as passengers on Boeing jet start ‘bleeding from ears & mouths’ forcing pilot to make emergency landing

A PILOT was forced to emergency land after passengers on a Boeing jet started bleeding from their ears and mouths.

The Delta Air Lines Flight 1203 spun into chaos when the Boeing 737-900 aircraft dramatically dipped, according to passengers.

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A photo taken by passenger Jaci Purser after the Delta flight she was on returned to the airport due to a cabin pressure issue that caused bloody noses and ears[/caption]

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Medical services met the passengers when they landed[/caption]

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10 individuals needed evaluation or treatment[/caption]

The aircraft was flying from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Portland, Oregon, before the pilot was forced to turn around mid air after a sudden issue occurred.

Passenger on the flight Caryn Allen said it didn’t take long before fellow passengers noticed something was wrong – which later was confirmed to be pressurisation.

She told KSL-TV: “I looked over at my husband, and he had both of his hands over his ears, you know, kind of leaning forward.

“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.”

Another passenger Jaci Purser said the horrific sensation from the pressure felt like someone was stabbing her in the ear.

She told of how her ear popped from the pressure in the cabin – then bubbled.

Jaci said: “I grabbed my ear, and I pulled my hand back, and there was blood on it.”

Delta Airlines told The Sun that the aircraft was unable to pressurise above 10,000 and that oxygen masks didn’t deploy.

They also said that medical personnel met the flight at the gate and identified 10 people as needing evaluation or treatment.

The Boeing aircraft had 140 passengers onboard but no serious injuries were reported.

It has not been made clear what caused the pressurisation issue but Delta technicians were reportedly able to fix it.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate.

A Delta Airlines spokesperson said: “We sincerely apologize to our customers for their experience on flight 1203 on Sept. 15.

“The flight crew followed procedures to return to SLC where our teams on the ground supported our customers with their immediate needs.”

It comes a month after Boeing was forced to ground its whole fleet of 777X test planes after cracks were found in the structure.

Workers reportedly found a concerning fracture on three out of four of the aircraft which had caused damage to a crucial engine component.

The initial test plane to be inspected was found to have a crack in it after it landed in Hawaii with an impaired structure over the weekend.

Two more planes were then checked once they touched down and found to have cracks in the crucial part of the assembly as well.

According to two sources close to Boeing, the issue led to the engine’s “thrust link” onboard being severed.

Thrust links are responsible for transferring the huge thrust of an engine to the structure of the jet through a titanium link sat beneath the wings.

A statement from Boeing to news outlet The Air Current said: “During scheduled maintenance, we identified a component that did not perform as designed.

“Our team is replacing the part and capturing any learnings from the component and will resume flight testing when ready.

“We are keeping the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) fully informed on the issue and have shared information with our customers.”

Boeing has previously labelled the 777X as one of their most state-of-the-art aircraft after years of development.

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Delta have apologised for the incident[/caption]