During a flight from Lagos to Washington, D.C., a Boeing lost 300 meters of altitude. Almost 40 people were injured in the subsequent emergency landing.

It is unclear what caused the jolt; United Airlines has said the cause was not severe turbulence, and that it is “working with aviation authorities in the US and Nigeria to understand the cause.”

Image via Shutterstock It was a chaotic scene after a United Airlines flight touched down in Africa. The Boeing plane had to make an emergency landing at the airport. This comes after the flight suddenly plunged downward in mid-air.

Six people have been hospitalised after a Boeing aircraft made an emergency landing in Lagos, Nigeria, following a sudden mid-air plunge. The incident aboard a United Airlines flight saw four passengers and two crew members taken to hospital with minor injuries after the plane dropped 175ft in just a matter of seconds.

A United Airlines flight to Washington, DC was forced to make an emergency landing after the Boeing plane abruptly plunged mid-air, hurting nearly 40 people onboard, including six hospitalized with serious injuries,