Aloha Airlines’ plane Aloha Airlines today was investigating why one of its Boeing 737 with 118 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday after a loss of cabin pressure during a flight from Honolulu to Maui.
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Airline spokesman Stu Glauberman said Aloha would not speculate on what caused the loss of cabin pressure.
The depressurization caused the pilot of Flight 66 to declare an emergency and to descend from 14,000 feet to 5,000 feet during the flight from Honolulu Airport to Kahului Airport, Glauberman said.
Flight 66 departed from Honolulu at 6:25 p.m., declared an emergency at 6:50 p.m. over Lanai and landed safely at Kahului at 7:03 p.m, he said.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.
About 25 people, including passengers and some crew members, were examined by physicians at Maui Memorial Medical Center and released from the emergency room.
Passenger Norma Losano said during the flight, she threw up blood and was unable to help her four other children because she had an extreme headache and her ears were ringing.
She said other passengers encountered similar problems, especially children.
"The thing I could hear the most in the background was the babies screaming," she said.
Losano said she went to work as a school cafeteria employee this morning but was being excused for today because of her headache.
She said she and at least one of her children would see a doctor today.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.