Korean Air’s Boeing 737 makes emergency landing after dropping 25K feet in 5 minutes

One passenger likened the sudden altitude change to the G-Force of an extreme rollercoaster

A Korean Air flight was forced to make an emergency landing after plummeting 25,000 feet in five minutes on Saturday. The Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft had to return to Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, less than one hour after takeoff, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Korean Air’s Boeing 737 plunges 25K feet in 5 minutes

The plane bound for the Taiwanese city of Taichung started experiencing problems with its cabin pressurization system as it was flying over South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju. Due to the plane’s system malfunction, Flight KE189 began rapidly descending from an altitude of over 30,000 feet to about 9,000 feet, according to Dim Sum Daily Hong Kong. As a result of the sudden shift in air pressure, many passengers faced health issues.