Terrifying moment Southwest passengers scream in fear as turbulence shakes flight out of Hawaii
Southwestern passengers were left screaming in fear as “roller coaster” turbulence rocked their flight from Hawaii on Monday.
The passenger, JC, who uses homodrome on TikTok, posted a 20-second video showing the terrifying moment. Passengers are heard screaming in fear as the plane goes up and down.
“Free roller coaster ride in Southwest last night,” he wrote in the post. ‘bumpy climb [sic] on #SouthwestAirines last from Honolulu…Pilot and crew were great! The passengers deserve an Oscar for best performance in a [sic] disaster movie.’
The passengers were surrounded by near total darkness when the cabin lights were turned off. Several passengers clung to their belongings while screaming.
It comes after a United Airlines flight in December plummeted in an epic storm and came within 775 feet of the Pacific Ocean on a flight from Hawaii to San Francisco.
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Southwest passenger JC (pictured) posted a 20-second video showing “roller coaster” turbulence on his flight from Honolulu, Hawaii on Monday. The crowd can be heard shouting ‘oh’ before they simultaneously screamed in panic as the plane bounced through the air.
The passengers were surrounded by near total darkness when the cabin lights were turned off. Several passengers clung to their belongings while shouting
Southwest has been contacted for comment.
The terrifying test in the air comes amid industry scrutiny after a series of turbulent rides and near misses on the runways.
Earlier this month, a The Lufthansa flight from Austin to Frankfurt left seven people hospitalized after lightning struck the plane.
Terrified passengers were surrounded by a large amount of shattered glass and screamed in terror after Lufthansa Flight 469 struck a traumatic wave of turbulence at 37,000 feet on March 1 while flying over Tennessee.
The flight landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport around 9:00 p.m., just three hours after the 10.5-hour flight to Germany. Seven passengers were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
A passenger told the Washington Post that the food “went flying through the air, hitting and even damaging the roof of the plane.”
Another person whose sister and brother-in-law were on the flight said it was “exceptionally terrifying, [with] lots of broken glass and screams and multiple injuries.
It comes as the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) held a special safety summit on Wednesday after several runway and mid-air collisions.
Acting Administrator Billy Nolen insisted that flying remains “very safe,” noting that there has not been a seriously fatal incident since 2009 when Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed en route to Buffalo, New York, killing all 49. passengers and crew.
FAA data shows that there have been fewer overall incidents in the last six months than in the same periods before.
Despite the safety record, many passengers traveling on US airlines have been surprised by the number of planes grounded or diverted due to runway mishaps.
In the latest impact, on March 7, Republic Airlines Flight 4736 nearly collided with United Airlines Flight 2003 after it crossed an unauthorized runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
He had been cleared to cross another runway, but the pilot took a wrong turn.
The United flight had been cleared to take off, but a lucky air traffic controller noticed Republic’s mishap just in time and canceled the first one’s takeoff.
A United Airlines flight from Hawaii to San Francisco plunged mid-air and came to just 775 feet of the Pacific Ocean in a terrifying incident in December.
Terrified passengers were surrounded by “a pile of broken glass” and screamed in terror after Lufthansa Flight 469 struck a traumatic wave of turbulence at 37,000 feet on March 1 while flying over Tennessee.
“United 2003 cancels takeoff clearance,” the controller said. ‘Aborting takeoff, aborting takeoff United 2003.’
It comes after an American Airlines flight nearly crashed into a Delta plane at JFK, and a landing FedEx cargo plane narrowly avoided a Southwest plane preparing to take off.
Nolen told NBC Nightly News earlier this week that it was important to hold a summit to address the incidents of the past few months.
‘Let’s stop, let’s reflect, let’s ask ourselves the question: Are we missing something?’
“And to remind ourselves that we can always, always, never become complacent and never take this incredible safety record for granted,” he said.