Seattle airport jetway drops as people exit flight

SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — #Seattle-Tacoma International Airport says passengers were exiting a Southwest Airlines flight when a #jet bridge to the terminal dropped several feet Tuesday, but no one was injured.

Airport spokeswoman Christina Faine (FAY-nee') says the end of the walkway dropped 6 to 8 feet, but it's unclear how many people were on it at the time. Faine says about half of the passengers had left the plane.

She described the cause as a mechanical failure and said there was some damage to the plane, which had arrived from Phoenix and was supposed to continue on to Chicago's Midway International Airport.

The remaining passengers left by a stairway brought to the other side of the plane.

Southwest Airlines did not immediately return a message seeking comment