Delta passngers report bleeding ears, noses due to cabin pressure issues

A Delta Airlines flight headed from Salt Lake City to Portland on Sunday morning turned around shortly after takeoff and returned to Salt Lake International Airport after it was unable to pressurize above 10,000 feet, leading to a horrifying scenario for 140 people on board.

Two passengers told KSL, an NBC news station in Salt Lake City, that people's ears and noses started to bleed on the plane.

Jaclyn Blain, who was headed to Oregon for a work trip with several of her colleagues, said shortly after takeoff, she and her colleague started to hear noises and felt the plane dipping.

She said their ears started to pop and she noticed people around her were grabbing their ears and noses. Some were crying, others complained of vertigo and head pain. A baby was screaming from the pain, she said. Blain’s colleague told KSL it felt like she’d been stabbed in the ear.

"It was scary," Blain told KSL. "You just don't know what's wrong. (My colleague) put her finger in her ear and was like, 'Oh my god, my ear's bleeding.' And then they got my other colleague two rows behind me. I look back and he's in tears."

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[Paul-eyct]

Sue them, you'll have ear problems in old age ☹️. That'll be caused by your ear drums bursting from the flight 😳.

[LucyLoud]

Funny how it was another 737. Boeing is gonna suffer an inevitable downfall

[jukee]

Pilot sounded like he was experiencing something far from the norm. The planet is fast approaching a reset moment. Passenger said the plane was attempting to climb above 10, 000 ft and kept going up and down. No masks dropped since they were not necessary being unable to climb above 10, 000 ft. There is a limited amount of oxygen in the system for safety reasons. Just enough for the pilots to get down below 10, 000ft. Salt Lake City to Portland has terrain between them, as in it's not flat, being mountain region. The media plays it's role with their word magik. They read the script provided. The media does not inform the public with anything truthful. An atmospheric pressure anomaly in that area happened to occur all of a sudden. Call me crazy. It's a badge of honor in these Unprecedented times. If the doors locked and sealed, outside of a breach in the cabin structure of the plane, something else was happening. Critical thinking has disappeared among most of the general public. An atmospheric pressure anomaly does not care which airline it is or who manufactured the plane. There will be a comment talking down on Boeing like usual, some stock scum looking to lower the stock price for an edge in our greed driven society. This story has a few holes in it. We are being hypnotized by the media and their tactics. No one will pay attention to this. They are too busy with the Puff Daddy story or some other meaningless narrative being pushed.