British Airways Jet Plunges 28,000 Feet (standard.co.uk)

A British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare returned to Heathrow on Monday after a technical issue caused a 28,000-foot descent over Ireland. The Boeing 777-200ER dropped from 37,000 feet to below 10,000 feet, deploying oxygen masks, and landed normally after burning fuel over the Bristol Channel. The cause of the emergency has not been confirmed.