China Eastern turbulence incident like a Hollywood disaster scene, says terrified mother
Woman, 32, held her baby desperately as passengers cried in fear and pain
A Chinese mother on board a China Eastern flight that hit severe turbulence en route from Paris to Kunming has compared the terror and chaos of the incident to a “Hollywood disaster scene”.
The 32-year-old woman, who was not named, told of seeing other passengers bleeding and crying out in pain from their injuries while she clutched her infant tightly in her arms, news portal Thepaper.cn reported.
Flight MU774 encountered two patches of heavy turbulence each lasting about 10 minutes early on Sunday morning, Xinhua reported.
About 50 people were sent to hospital after the flight landed safely in Kunming at about 9am on Sunday, more than an hour after its scheduled arrival.
Seventeen of the injured were admitted and 22 were placed under observation, state broadcaster CCTV reported.