At least 33 passengers on a Ryanair flight to Croatia were treated in hospitals for bleeding ears, mouths and noses when the packed Boeing 737-800 was put into an emergency descent for a pressurization problem. The aircraft was carrying 189 passengers when it dove for breathable air early in the flight from Dublin to Zadar. The aircraft dropped 26,000 feet in seven minutes and then landed normally at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. All the passengers who went to the hospital were released on Saturday.
Meanwhile, many of the other passengers were critical of the airline, saying it failed to provide accommodations, food and other forms of support. Ryanair said it would have put them up in hotels but there weren’t enough rooms available and while some got military cots, some had to sleep on the floor at the airport. “Customers boarded a replacement aircraft which departed to Zadar the following morning and Ryanair sincerely apologized for any inconvenience,” Ryanair said in a statement.
