Passengers on Jet Airways flight suffer nasal bleeding due to cabin pressure issues

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Several passengers on a flight from to Thursday suffered nasal and ear bleeding due to cabin pressure problem, a said.

"During climb, the crew forgot to select bleed switch due to which cabin pressurisation could not be maintained.

"As a result, oxygen masks got deployed," the at regulator DGCA said.

Citing initial information, the said few passengers have nose bleeding.

"Out of 166 passengers on board, 30 passengers are affected... some have nose bleeding, few have ear bleeding and some are complaining of headache," he added.

The official said all the affected passengers are being attended to by the doctors at the airport. Response from a was awaited.

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First Published: Thu, September 20 2018. 09:35 IST