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“His back is on the ceiling and he’s up in the air, and then he drops down and hits his head on the armrest,” Jokat said.
“The whole plane is screaming.
“The plane then started taking a nosedive, and I was just thinking, ‘OK, this is it, we’re done.’”
Even the pilot was left in “shock,” Jokat said, saying he told him, “My gauges just blanked out, I lost all of my ability to fly the plane.”
Another passenger described how many not wearing seat belts “flew” through the cabin.
“Blood was on the ceiling, people [flew] and broke the ceiling of the plane,” the passenger, only identified as Valentina, told CNN affiliate RNZ.
Video posted online from the tumultuous flight also showed one person lying unconscious in the middle of the aisle as others held their heads in apparent pain and shock. The plane, which can hold about 280 passengers, appeared to be mostly full.
Once the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner safely landed in Auckland, emergency crews treated 50 people onboard, local ambulance company Hato Hone St. John said in a statement to Australia’s ABC News.
Twelve were transported to a local hospital, with one person in serious condition, the ambulance service said.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/11/world-news/at-least-50-injured-after-technical-problem-on-latam-flight-to-auckland-nz-herald/
