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“I don’t sweat and I was dripping,” said Karen Willey, one of the passengers on the flight.
A public relations representative for the airport, Michele Routh, told the New York Daily News that four passengers were examined with heat-related issues. A spokeswoman for Allegiant, Hilarie Grey, denies any claims of any passengers ever fainting, although cited that the pilot had to call first responders after learning one of the flight attendants was feeling faint. Grey also added the cause of the incident was a cooling valve malfunction.
Emily France and her four-month-old son Owen were aboard the plane and suffered on the nicknamed “oven with wings” for over an hour until the plane returned to the gate and passengers were briefly dismissed from the plane so repairs could be made.
“I heard a cry from my son that I have never heard before. His skin looked a color that I had never seen before, and I knew he was in trouble,” she said. “Then he just stopped crying. And he went limp in my arms. I said, ‘Get an ambulance and get me off the plane,'” France also added for an NBC News report.
Upon arrival at the gate, passengers complaining of sickness due to the heat inside the cabin were given medical assistance.
Currently, there is no rule set by the Federal Aviation Administration regarding the temperature inside a cabin and it can be adjusted per customer preference.
