Delta flight routed to Fort Lauderdale plunges nearly 30,000 feet
According to Flight Aware, a Delta flight full of passengers from Atlanta plunged nearly 30,000 feet.
Passengers described panic in Tweets as they grabbed for oxygen masks on board a Delta flight.
@Delta Flight 2353 God Bless the Captain and crew. Had an emergency midair from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale. Oxygen masks deployed and we descended quickly and we're diverted to Tampa. I texted my wife and dad I loved them. Told my mom I love her and hugged my son. @wsvn @cbs12 pic.twitter.com/C9QcU9DbYV
— J.T. (@BrutusOsceola) September 18, 2019
@Delta so this hasn’t happened before but your #2353 flight crew from ATL to FLL (now Tampa) was awesome@keeping people calm. Now I know the bag doesn’t really inflate... pic.twitter.com/B2FfWKAewE
— Tiffany O. Sawyer (@OsteenSawyer) September 18, 2019
According to the website, the plane descended from 39,000 feet to 10,000 feet in fewer than seven minutes.
Delta flight from Atlanta plunges nearly 30,000 feet
— QATL: Atlanta’s New Queer Radio (@now_peach) September 19, 2019
Flight Aware shows how Flight 2353 to Fort Lauderdale diverted to Tampa instead.
It is likely a cabin depressurizationhttps://t.co/mZPEYR3uRv pic.twitter.com/JeXqFRx8qh
The plane was diverted to Tampa International Airport Wednesday night, where mechanics were working to figure out what went wrong.
