Horrifying video shows the moment severe turbulence rocked an Air Europa flight from Spain to Uruguay, injuring at least 30 people as one man could be seen kicking his legs, having become stuck in an overhead bin.
The footage, posted to X by user @MarielaJodal, shows passengers being thrown out of their seats, into the aisles, and around the cabin as the turbulence wreaked havoc on the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Anxiously chattering passengers attempted to assess the damage as the flight remained in the air. The video dramatically panned to the man stuck in the overhead bin as other people were seen on the floor of the cabin, lying motionless in the aisles.
Shortly after the turbulence, the plane reportedly made an emergency landing in Natal, a city in the northeast of Brazil. Air Europa said in a statement obtained by the New York Post, “The plane has landed normally and the injuries of varying degrees that were recorded are already being treated.”
Other harrowing footage from the flight showed the ceiling tiles of the plane ripped off amid the turbulence, with oxygen masks falling from damaged compartments as at least one seat was completely destroyed.