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United Airlines planes parked at the gates of Terminal C at Newark Liberty Airport.
CNN –
A United Airlines flight to Rome returned to New Jersey just after midnight Thursday “to address a possible loss of cabin pressure,” the airline said in a statement.
Data from tracking site FlightAware shows the plane quickly descended from 37,000 feet at 10:07 p.m. to just under 9,000 feet at 10:15 p.m. in about 8 minutes. Pilots often descend quickly to lower altitudes when there are concerns about the pressure in the aircraft.
United Airlines Flight 510 returned safely to Newark Liberty International Airport around 12:25 p.m. ET on Thursday after the crew reported a “pressure issue,” according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Boeing 777 flight carrying 270 passengers and 14 crew landed safely and never lost cabin pressure, United Airlines said.
Customers were taken to their destination on a different aircraft, United added.
CNN reached out to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey but was referred back to United and the FAA.