Following a Ryanair flight making an emergency landing in France, which was on its way to Spain from Britain, due to cabin pressure being lost, 26 people were taken to the hospital. The aircraft landed at the Limoges International Airport about 11:30 on Monday night as a precaution of safety, according to Ryanair, adding that the passengers were taken to the hospital for problems with their ears.

The 737 was on its way to the Barcelona-Girona Airport of Spain from Bristol of Britain when a powerful depressurization made the plane drop 8,000 meters in only five minutes, according to police. The passengers, which were terrified, told about how they were afraid for their lives while the plane plummeted in midair, dropping down the oxygen masks. Out of the 7 crew and 169 passengers, 26 of them were taken to the hospital with minor injuries to their eardrums, according to emergency workers.

The inspection of the aircraft didn’t show any causes for the incident, said the police. Ryanair operated another plane to Limoges, which left at 3:30 in the morning with only 127 people, of whom wished to continue their journey immediately. The remaining passengers were anticipated to depart for Girona later on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the airline pilots union of Spanair, which threatened to go on strike before the crash happened last week, killing about 150 people, said on Tuesday that the aircrafts of the carrier are safe. The union said in a statement that the planes and flights of Spanair are completely safe and that the carrier respects all of the operational security standards.

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