The flight was forced to make an emergency landing due to a depressurization event, Ryanair confirmed. Some passengers reportedly experienced headaches and bleeding from the ears due to the rapid descent that followed. \u00a0(Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n

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A<\/span> <\/strong><\/span>Ryanair passenger is accusing the airline of deliberately \u201cdownplaying\u201d the severity of an emergency landing on Friday after dozens were sent to the hospital with bleeding ears and headaches upon landing.<\/p>\n

The flight, which had left from Dublin, Ireland, experienced an \u201cin-flight depressurization\u201d en route to Zadar, Croatia, forcing a premature landing at the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport in Germany, the airline confirmed in a statement obtained by Fox News.<\/p>\n

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Ryanair also added that a \u201csmall number\u201d of passengers \u201creceived medical attention as a precaution.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn line with standard procedure, the crew deployed oxygen masks and initiated a controlled descent. The aircraft landed normally and customers disembarked, where a small number received medical attention as a precaution,\u201d reads the official statement.<\/p>\n

But Barry Holden, a passenger who spoke with\u00a0The Irish Times<\/a>, feels Ryanair is downplaying the event. Police in Frankfurt reportedly confirmed that 33 of the 189 passengers were taken to a hospital \u2014 some with bleeding of the ears \u2014 although Holden claims he was told he was the 43rd person treated by German Red Cross workers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow many were registered after me I\u2019m unaware. However, a quarter [of the passengers] is not a \u2019small\u2019 number in my mind,\u201d said Holden, adding that Ryanair\u2019s statement was a \u201ccareful downplaying of events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Passengers were treated for everything from nausea to headaches to earaches,\u00a0ABC News reported, with others bleeding from the nose, mouth and ears, according to German outlet Spiegel Online.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI can safely say it was the most terrifying thing I ever experienced,\u201d passenger Roxanne Brownlee told ABC News.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe worst moments of my whole life,\u201d another passenger, Minerva Galvan, wrote on Twitter. \u201cYou are in the air and one moment after you are just falling in the sky, your ears burn, there is no air and your mouth taste like iron.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNightmare Ryanair flight FR7312 on way to Croatia,\u201d wrote another, who criticized the airline for the accommodations provided following the emergency landing in Germany. \u201cOvernight in military base camp beds \u2014 good old Ryanair[-] style customer service. Cutting costs and more profit for Ryanair all at the expense of customer safety. Shame on you [Ryanair CEO] Michael O\u2019Leary].\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the airline\u2019s statement, however, Ryanair admitted that there were not enough available accommodations for passengers waiting to be rebooked the following day.<\/p>\n

\u201cCustomers were provided with refreshment vouchers and hotel accommodation was authorized, however there was a shortage of available accommodation. Customers boarded a replacement aircraft which departed to Zadar the following morning and Ryanair sincerely apologized for any inconvenience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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