Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Jet’s rapid decompression forces emergency landing

YUMA, Ariz. — A Southwest Airlines flight to Phoenix from California was diverted Friday to a military base in Yuma due to rapid decompression in the plane, federal officials said.

Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in Los Angeles, said the cause of the decompression wasn't immediately known, but some passengers on Flight 812 said there was a hole in the cabin.

"You can see daylight through it," a passenger identified as Brenda Reese told Sacramento TV station KCRA by cell …

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