(WWJ) A Detroit-bound flight from London, England was diverted to Dublin, Ireland due to a loss of cabin pressure.
Flight 0017 made an emergency stop in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday morning, after the aircraft was forced to descend from 37,000 feet to 10,000 feet.
Genesee County Sheriff's Sgt. Jason Gould, who was on board the flight, described what happened in an interview with WWJ Newsradio 950.
"I was watching the altimeter on the video screen that Delta provides, and I could see that we were at 37,000 feet and then we dropped to 20,000 feet, and then down to 10,000 feet before anyone said anything," Gould said. "Then the captain came on and said that we had a 'maintenance issue', and it was routine, that they weren't going to be able to fly over the Atlantic and that we were going to divert to Dublin."
"There wasn't any panic, no screaming, and no oxygen masks dropped from the celling; nothing like that happened," Gould said. "But we did stay at the 10,000 feet."
The aircraft landed at the airport in Dublin safely.
"There was emergency vehicles all around, rescue units and such, the runway blocked off," Gould said. "We stopped on the runway for maybe another 15 or 20 minutes before they allowed us to come closer to the airport itself."
Delta engineers at the Dublin airport quickly fixed the problem, and the plane was cleared to finish its flight to Detroit
No injuries were reported.
Separately, WWJ has also learned that a Delta flight from Detroit to Fort Myers early Thursday was diverted as well, landing in Atlanta. It was not immediately known what the issue was with that flight.