While Pilots find it perplexing, flight turbulence can scare you if you’re a nervous flyer. A TERRIFYING footage shows a flight attendant being lifted off her feet and sent crashing into a plane’s roof during severe turbulence. The flight from Pristina with ALK Airlines experienced intense turbulence in the air around 20 minutes before landing. And as the frightening moment was captured in the 30-second video, it left much panic and chaos on-board.
Chaos on the ALK Airlines Flight
The ALK Airlines flight was heading for Basel, Switzerland from Kosovo’s Pristina. In about half an hour of the flight departure, it encountered severe turbulence, causing a rapid drop in altitude that sent passengers airborne. In fact, the ALK Airlines flight was nearly 45 minutes away from landing when it had encountered a patch of rough air. While the pilots attempted to deviate around the isolated active thunderstorm cell, the passengers faced intense turbulence. However, the Boeing 737-300 continued for a safe landing on Basel’s runway about 30 minutes later. As the pilot had alerted handling agents before, the airport firemen were immediately on the scene when the plane arrived.
The violent in-flight tragedy sent passengers crashing into the cabin ceiling and one another – leaving ten with injuries. Unfortunately, a flight attendant serving drinks to passengers was thrown into the air, hitting the ceiling and sending drinks flying across the cabin. And as the items from her drinks trolley were sent flying through the air, passengers got scalded by hot water and coffee. Seats were reported torn up from the floor and seatbelts were also broken up by the unrest, leaving passengers bleeding and bruised. Ten out of 121 passengers sought treatment for their injuries, some of them for burns.
What you need to know about Flight-Turbulence?
There’s no mystery when it comes to turbulence, as every pilot understands how it’s created and how to avoid if it’s possible. The unstable air is usually created by weather fronts and thunderstorms, but this is particularly prevalent in mountainous areas. There is also what is known as clear-air turbulence that occurs out of the blue with no visible clues. And if you are under the misconception that the pilot can see turbulence up ahead on some device in the cockpit, it’s just not true. Even seasoned flyers can come unglued when an aircraft experiences severe turbulence.
