Crossfiled2 outlets · first filed 1 day ago
BA flight to Chicago drops 28,000 feet, returns to London
About 30 minutes into its journey, the aircraft dropped from 36,000 feet to 9,000 feet in around seven minutes, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.
What the coverage shows
NBC News and CBS News both lead on the dramatic altitude drop and the flight’s return to London, with NBC specifying 28,000 feet and CBS 27,000 feet. The framing differs slightly: NBC foregrounds the emergency declaration and rapid descent, while CBS is the only outlet here to mention a British Airways spokesperson saying there was a technical issue and that the aircraft landed safely.
Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.