A JetBlue flight traveling from New York to San Diego made an emergency landing on Saturday evening (local time) after the pilots were alerted about a smoke or fire in the cargo, Kake.com reported.
The aircraft rapidly descended from 36,000 feet to just 4,250 feet in under ten minutes while making a safe emergency landing at Salina Regional Airport.
Calling it an “absolute plummet”, a passenger wrote on Reddit, “Pilot came to talk to us maybe 90 minutes after we landed and said they don’t know if there was any fire or smoke, but since the suppression system was deployed, that plane has to go to Boston to get checked out and can’t carry passengers. They left with the crew.”
“They got us safely to the ground in the literal middle of nowhere KS. Tiny airport. Emergency exit on the tarmac. The airport is so small, they actually got the local school bus drivers to come and bring us from the tarmac to the terminal,” they added.
“Pilot said a sensor was showing smoke In the cargo bay. Passenger said they thought they heard a loud bang. That was a fast drop… No fire found once on the ground. Now just the logistics of a stranded flight and need for a new plane,” another passenger said.
No casualties have been reported so far.