10 Delta Passengers Treated After Emergency Landing for Medical Reasons

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently conducting an investigation following an emergency landing of a Delta Air Lines flight due to a pressurization issue. This incident took place on Sunday morning and resulted in at least ten passengers requiring medical attention.

According to Delta, paramedics were waiting for the flight’s arrival and attended to 10 individuals who needed medical evaluation or treatment. The flight had a total of 140 passengers on board.

All passengers treated by the medics were released at the airport, although some opted to seek additional medical care at nearby hospitals. Delta has stated that it offered to cover transportation costs for any passengers needing to go to medical facilities.

The Salt Lake City Fire Department responded with paramedics to the scene, but they did not provide further comments on incidents occurring on airport grounds. They did confirm that none of the passengers were transported to the hospital by their personnel.

Delta flight 1203 was traveling from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Portland, Oregon, when it experienced a pressurization problem, which triggered the flight to turn back and return to Salt Lake City. Despite the pressurization failure, oxygen masks did not deploy; however, the aircraft could not maintain pressure above 10,000 feet, as reported by the airline.

The five-year-old Boeing 737-900ER was piloted by a crew who declared an emergency and descended below the critical altitude of 10,000 feet. Preliminary data from flightradar24.com indicated that the aircraft was only briefly above this altitude during the flight.

Audio recordings obtained by CBS News from LiveATC.Net revealed that the pilots communicated with air traffic controllers, stating, “Descending below 10,000 per cabin altitude warning. And Delta 1203 we’re declaring an emergency.”

The FAA later confirmed that the plane landed without any further incidents at around 8:30 a.m. local time. Following the emergency landing, Delta issued an apology, expressing regret for the experience of its passengers on flight 1203 on September 15.

The airline emphasized that the flight crew followed all necessary procedures, promptly returning to Salt Lake City (SLC), where support teams were prepared to assist the passengers once they landed.

As part of the protocol, the aircraft was taken out of service shortly after the incident on the morning of September 15 and was returned to operational status the following day after technicians successfully resolved the pressurization issue.