This is what the Air Europa Boeing looked like when it made an emergency landing in Brazil due to turbulence: “There were children flying”

The 325 passengers on the plane experienced a real nightmare. flight UX045 Air Europe , who was traveling from Madrid to Montevideo, and who He had to make an emergency landing in Brazil due to “heavy” turbulence “.

The aircraft, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, joins the list of ships that have had to maneuver after being destabilized by extreme weather conditions or unforeseen phenomena. On this occasion, the airline issued a statement specifying that The accident left “several people injured.”

According to what they indicated, the ship landed normally “and the injuries of varying degrees that were recorded are already being treated.” Some had minor bruises.

However, the same passengers shared photographs and their testimonies via social networks and in the press. This is the compilation of the intense moments they experienced inside the plane.

30 people were evacuated from the plane by the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) of the Brazilian city of Natal. According to the statement of the government of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Some of them had to be transferred to nearby hospitals.

“They are between 25 and 30 years old and most of them have suffered ‘minor trauma’. “A priori, there is no one whose life is in danger” a Uruguayan diplomatic source told the news agency AFP .

However, Many passengers were terrified of experiencing this moment. Some of them spoke to the Uruguayan media The Observer and they showed that Many of the injured were not wearing seat belts.

They were the ones who hit the roof of the plane and even There were people stuck in the trunks who had to be helped out.

According to Norys, a Venezuelan passenger who lives in Uruguay, before the destabilization of the plane, The pilot warned the entire plane that they were going to enter turbulence and asked them to fasten their seat belts and remain seated.

“A long time later, there was very, very slight turbulence, we could barely feel it, and From one moment to the next, the plane suddenly falls and we all get up. Those who did not have seat belts flew out and some remained hanging on the roof. “Lasts about 3.5 seconds.”

For his part, Juan, an Argentinian, said that “It was a feeling of terror, the feeling of falling and it would never end. And you’re aware that you’re falling at an incalculable speed. And you felt that it stopped there, that you were dead. Until we started to see on the screen that the plane was starting to climb.

“More than turbulence, we dived for 8 seconds. There were children flying” ” added another Uruguayan passenger, identified as Federico.