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The airline said in a statement to FOX31 that the plane,
which was carrying 175 passengers and six crew members, landed
safely at Denver International Airport around 8:30 p.m. local
time.
One person was injured after falling during the deplaning
process, FOX31 said. The diversion was blamed on a
"pressurization issue," though the statement did not elaborate
on the problem.
Passenger Dean Fox told the broadcaster that the episode was
scary, but the crew remained calm. "The (oxygen) masks did not
deploy. Only a few (passengers) had reactions to the rapid
pressure change," he told the station.
A Southwest Airlines representative could not be immediately
reached for comment.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco, editing by Mark
Heinrich)
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