Passengers on a Ryanair flight feared for their lives after violent turbulence sent travelers and crew members crashing into the cabin ceiling, forcing the aircraft to divert to France for an emergency landing. Flight FR 9887 was traveling from Alicante, Spain, to Liverpool in the U.K. when it was rocked by severe midair turbulence shortly after departure, dropping 300 feet in a matter of seconds. The plane was rerouted to Nantes, where emergency crews treated injured passengers and crew members after landing. One passenger described a terrifying ordeal, telling the Liverpool Echo the aircraft suddenly dropped and people were left “screaming and crying” as they were thrown upward. “We all thought we were going to die,” the passenger said. Drinks and belongings flew across the cabin, with some passengers covered in spilled coffee. One traveler was taken away on a stretcher after she hit the roof of the aircraft, while a man was left in a neck brace, and a flight attendant was hospitalized with a knee injury. Passengers later waited in the terminal before boarding a replacement aircraft to continue their journey to the U.K.
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