Dramatic footage from a Boeing 787 Dreamliner shows the moment severe turbulence caused chaos mid-air, resulting in 30 passengers being injured and leaving blood marks throughout the cabin of the Air Europa flight en route to Uruguay from Spain. The jet encountered extreme turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean, leading to unfastened passengers and items being sent hurtling through the aircraft. In one startling scene captured on camera, the legs of a passenger who hadn't fastened their seatbelt are seen protruding from an overhead compartment.
Air Europa later released a statement: "The plane has landed normally and the injuries of varying degrees that were recorded are already being treated." Passengers on the weekend flight UX045 from Spain received a warning from the pilot to take their seats and fasten seatbelts moments before the aircraft was caught in the turbulent air. While the disturbance began mildly, it soon intensified as the plane took a dramatic plunge, reports the Mirror .
. READ MORE: The beautiful part of Wales that could change its mind for the first time in decades READ MORE: Holidaymakers from Wales sleep on football pitch as wildfires rip through Kos Recounting the experience to Spanish reporters, a traveller said: "The sensation was terrifying, feeling like you were falling and that it was never going to end. And you were aware that you were falling at an incalculable speed.
" "And you felt like it was going to end there, that you were going to die. Until we .
