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Butler players, coaches feared for life after team plane lost cabin pressure

The Butler men’s basketball team lost cabin pressure during its charter flight on Thursday night, leaving players and coaches aboard fearing for their life, head coach Chris Holtmann told ESPN’s Jeff Goodman.

The Bulldogs were on their way back home from New York City after a 76–73 loss to St. John’s when the plane experienced the issue around 25 minutes into the flight, Goodman reports. That’s when the pilot had to make a landing in Pittsburgh.

From ESPN:

“It started to get really cold and the plane went completely dark,” Holtmann told ESPN.