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Delta Flight Plunges 30,000 Ft in 7 Minutes During Emergency Landing

People began panicking when a Delta aircraft plunged 29,000 feet for seven minutes. Oxygen masks were deployed, people began texting their loved ones, it was a terrifying scene.

The flight was flying from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale and it was midway through when it rapidly dropped from an altitude 39,000 feet to 10,000 feet.

The airline claims the plunge was caused by “cabin pressurization irregularity en route.”

The flight attendants tried their best to keep everyone calm but of course the natural human reaction is to freak out when you think you’re about to die. “Do not panic! Do not panic!”‘, the attendant said on the speaker according to passenger Harris DeWoskin.

He spoke to WFTS and recounted his near death experience. “Out of nowhere, I felt what felt like a sort of a rapid descent. We started dropping in altitude and then the oxygen masks dropped from the top of the plane. Chaos sort of ensued amongst the passengers

Thankfully they landed in Fort Lauderdale safely.

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Doctoring While Black: Black Doctor Questioned On Credentials By Delta Flight Attendants

Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400 ready to depart from Tokyo...

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Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford was traveling home earlier this week to Boston from Indianapolis when a passenger on the flight had a medical issue. Leaping to action, Dr. Stanford was questioned on her credentials by a pair of Delta flight attendants in what appears to be a classic case of alleged racial profiling.

The Boston Globe reports:

In a phone interview Wednesday, Stanford said she was flying from Indianapolis to Boston after a business meeting when the woman next to her started convulsing and hyperventilating. Stanford said her first instinct was to figure out how best to help the passenger.

However, she said, flight attendants questioned her identity and qualifications several times as she tried to calm the woman, even after she showed them her medical license more than once.

“I was trying to talk to her [the passenger] like she was my friend,” said Stanford, a Boston resident. “A lot of things were triggering for her, and my goal was to make her as calm as possible.”

In a statement Wednesday, Delta thanked Stanford for her medical assistance and apologized for “any misunderstanding” between her and the crew. “We are following up with the crew to ensure proper policy is followed,” the release said.

Stanford has used her Twitter account to address the incident and make a stand for others who have been racially profiled. Stanford’s employer, Massachusetts General Hospital praised her for both her poise and following stance.

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