Around 240 flights to and from Amsterdam¡¯s Schiphol airport, one of Europe¡¯s busiest, were cancelled on Sunday as a powerful storm blew in off the Atlantic Ocean with wind gusts of up to 120 km per hour.?
Owing to the disruptive storm, an Air Europa flight's landing was interrupted. According to reports, the?plane attempted?repeatedly to land at?Amsterdam?airport during?Storm Ciara, only to have to turn back.?
During the landing attempt amid severe turbulence, a woman passenger onboard suffered a serious panic attack. The incident which was filmed on a co-passenger's phone has now gone viral.?
The woman can be heard screaming and crying hysterically off camera before repeating ¡°oh my God¡± while the plane shakes.
Other passengers reportedly vomited during the nearly hour-long ordeal, which ended when the pilots turned around and returned to Madrid.Passenger Mark Haagen, of Kamerik in the Netherlands, described the harrowing experience.
¡°People screamed and were puking. The turbulence was enormous, everything vibrated and went back and forth,¡± Haagen told RTL Nieus.
"The turbulence above Schiphol was enormous. The pilot really stopped the landing twice at the very last moment. We took off again at 150 meters (490 feet) above the runway. Really not cool,¡± he said.
¡°The luggage flew back and forth. I am used to flying, but I have never experienced this,¡± he added of the turbulence.
A spokeswoman for Air Europa told Metro: ¡°The Flight UX1093 from Madrid to Amsterdam couldn¡¯t land at Amsterdam airport due to bad weather and returned to Madrid.
¡°Passengers were attended to at all times, accommodated in hotels and alternatives to reach their destinations the day after were managed by our staff.¡±
Severe warnings have been issued across parts of northern Europe as Storm Ciara sweeps across the continent.High winds and heavy rain continue to batter areas of Ireland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and Scandinavia.