Archive: https://archive.today/zlYx1 From the post: >>Passengers on a flight from Colorado to Texas plummeted more than 4,000 feet in under a minute, leading the aircraft to make an emergency landing and sending two people to the hospital. About 90 minutes into the flight from Aspen to Houston on Thursday, SkyWest Flight 5971 suddenly dropped from a cruising altitude of 39,000 feet to 34,650 feet due to bad weather around Fort Worth, Texas. The violent turbulence jolted the 39 passengers on board, causing at least one to smash against the ceiling. 'We're going to need a stretcher, and there is bleeding as well,' a pilot said, according to air traffic control audio captured Thursday evening by LiveATC.net.