On board the Corendon Europe flight XR2271, which made an emergency landing in Basel on Sunday, much more dramatic scenes are said to have taken place than was previously known. Those affected report that the oxygen masks are said to have stopped working after a very short time. It is said that some travelers even had blood running out of their ears, so that they had to be taken to the surrounding hospitals immediately after landing.

A passenger told the local newspaper "In Franken" that he had noticed the smell of burning. Because his oxygen mask didn't work, he put on an FFP2 mask instead. He and his wife were worried about smoke inhalation. Otherwise it would have been quiet on board, because the travelers would have been in a kind of shock.

Next should because of that extremely fast descent blood ran out of the ears of some passengers. Medical tests have shown that their eardrums have burst. The travelers received emergency treatment in hospitals in France and Switzerland. The doors would have been opened immediately after landing. There was a very loud bang.

The accusation of "non-functioning oxygen masks" is not commented on

The airline Corendon Europe describes the case as very rare, but not uncommon. The crew would be schooled and trained for such incidents. From Corendon-Europe's point of view, it happened like this: "After reaching the flight altitude, the cockpit crew noticed that the pressure in the cabin was slowly decreasing. In the first step, however, they did not find anything, whereupon it was decided, strictly according to regulations, to head for the next airport in descent. The crew also decided to drop the oxygen masks.”

Regarding the allegation that passengers claim that said oxygen masks did not work, at least in part, the Malta subsidiary of the Turkish travel group is silent. It is only pointed out that these are regularly maintained. "Of course, there are always subjective feelings among passengers as to whether the oxygen is coming or not, some don't even know that they have to pull jerkily, although this is explained in the safety briefing before each flight," says a media officer.

The affected Boeing 737-800 is subject to a technical inspection. "The machine was put through its paces, but as of today no exact cause was found, the plane will then go back into service as usual. It's not that uncommon, it does happen, albeit rarely, most crews know it. It's happened twice at Corendon since 2005," according to the company, which says 15 passengers required hospital treatment after landing.