Butler’s men’s basketball team experienced a terrifying 15 minutes on its way back from New York late Thursday night. The Bulldogs were returning to Indiana after dropping their Big East opener to St. John’s, when the team’s plane lost cabin pressure and rapidly descended in the sky.
Butler’s men’s basketball team is OK after a terrifying airplane experience
“It started to get really cold and the plane went completely dark.”
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
The details are horrifying. The plane dropped from 35,000 feet to 10,000 feet in the span of 10 minutes, according to what head coach Chris Holtmann told ESPN. Staff members were texting family members and “guys were crying” while fearing for the worst.
“It started to get really cold and the plane went completely dark,” Holtmann told ESPN. “Then all the oxygen masks came flying down, and the flight attendant told everyone to put the masks on. She kept repeating it.”
The team landed safety in Pittsburgh and will take a bus back to Indiana on Friday.
Butler plays Providence at home on Saturday. Thankfully, the team escaped the incident unharmed.
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