Passengers' terror as London-bound jet plummets 32,000ft

The incident took place on a Gulf Air flight.

A JET destined for Heathrow was forced to make a terrifying emergency descent, plunging 32,000 feet through the air in a matter of minutes.

Passengers on the Gulf Air plane were left panic-stricken as oxygen masks were deployed following a sudden drop in cabin pressure.

Emergency oxygen masks were deployed

The Bahrain to London flight had 89 passengers on board and was flying over Belgium when the nerve-jangling incident took place.

The plane successfully landed at Heathrow

The aircraft's crew were forced to launch an emergency operation after the technical issue occured, and the plane rapidly dropped from from 40,000ft to 8,000ft. It landed safely at Heathrow about 40 minutes later.

In a statement, the airline said: "Gulf Air can confirm that flight GF003, an Airbus 330, flying from Bahrain to London on 13 December, experienced technical issues that resulted in the airline's experienced cockpit crew successfully executing an emergency descent and safely landing at Heathrow International.

The flight had departed from Bahrain Airport

"The aircraft, carrying 89 passengers, landed without incident and all passengers disembarked safely.

"The safety, protection and comfort of our passengers and employees are of utmost importance and Gulf Air crew are trained to handle such incidents as evidenced by the level of professionalism shown by both the pilots & cabin crew as well as all of our teams on the ground."

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