For anyone afraid of flying, I would request you to avert your eyes starting right now. Passengers on the ALK Airlines flight experienced the worst possible turbulence that threw a flight attendant into their plane¡¯s roof on Sunday.
Passenger Mirjeta Basha who was aboard this ALK Airlines flight Boeing 737 flying from Kosovo to Switzerland, filmed this horrific incident that was a result of an unexpected but extremely powerful turbulence.
In this horrific footage, passengers are seen quickly putting on their clothing just seconds before a forceful jolt rocks the aircraft, slamming a flight attendant into the ceiling and spilling her cart full of drinks all over the passengers sitting nearby. Right before this video ends, a dripping wet passenger can be seen praying in her seat.
¡°People started screaming and crying. I thought we all had to die. My husband has scalded his neck,¡± Basha told 20 Minuten, a Swiss newspaper.
In a statement to ABC News, EuroAirport confirmed that 10 passengers of the 121 on board were hospitalized for minor injuries after the plane touched down at the airport in Basel, Switzerland.
¡°The flight from Pristina with airline ALK experienced turbulence in the air around 20 minutes before landing,¡± the airport told ABC News. ¡°The pilot alerted handling agents so that the airport firemen were immediately on the scene when the plane arrived.¡±
¡°The aircraft continued for a normal landing, no emergency was declared,¡± they continued. ¡°Medical assistance was requested after landing, two passengers needed medical assessment. No seats were ripped off at all.¡±
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Basha praised the cabin crew for their professionalism during the experience, which must have been highly traumatic for all involved. She added, "They told us that we need not be afraid and everything will pass again."
Turbulence is extremely common and usually happens when cold and warm air come together - often at altitudes of 7,000 to 12,000 meters. Air turbulence can be caused by a number of other things, including heat, jet streams and flying over mountain ranges. It can be as insignificant and harmless as a few annoying bumps or severe enough to cause structural damage. Although it can be scary, it rarely causes any damage to the actual plane because modern aircraft?are designed to withstand high levels of turbulence. Here¡¯s hoping for every passenger¡¯s smooth recovery.