Dramatic video shows airline passengers, crew flung into the air during plunge

Shocking video captured the moment an Air China flight hit severe clear air turbulence – injuring at least one passenger and a crew member who were flung into the air as the plane plunged several hundred feet.

Flight CA1524 was en route from Shanghai to Beijing on Monday when the Airbus A330-300 with 153 passengers and 12 crew members encountered the so-called CAT at an altitude of 35,000 feet, Aviation Source News reported.

The plane plummeted several hundred feet as some passengers and flight attendants went flying, the shocking video shows.

Passenger Xing Lida described the harrowing incident on the Chinese social media platform Weibo.

“The first half of the flight was quite smooth. However, in the last 30 to 40 minutes, as people were going back and forth to the restroom, there was a sudden drop that startled everyone,” Xing wrote, the Global Times reported.

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[Danell]

RIP the behind of whomever was sitting on the toilet just then.

[blondegirl]

I've been on a plane🛩 that had severe turbulence.😬 This is the reason why i ALWAYS wear my seatbelt while i'm seated.

[haveatyou]

Maybe we could see turbulence if that massive caption wasnt in the way.

[nillchen]

caption covers half the screen, thank you

[aberdeendeltaforce]

This is when the whole plane suddenly becomes a place of worship 😂😂😂

[psydwaindah]

We had the same thing happen to us over the tropics of the Pacific between Tokyo and NZ...Massive free falling plunges that seemed to last for ages. Now I wear my seat belt all the time. It's avery crazy experience...One second you're flying and the next you're literally falling out of the sky....over and over again between periods of violent buffeting. The engineering of passenger planes is awesome and the skill of the pilots also...awesome!

[CoachFromLD]

Pilot is up there going "Watch this" to the co-pilot

[ronaldgonzales]

Is there a raw video for this, i feel like that big text description is getting in the way..

[jezziemalvada]

Let’s have the giant text box cover most of the incident.

[sportster]

I was on the toilet during turbulence like this once. 😂 Something I'll never forget in my life 😮😅. It was messy lol

[manifestgtr]

LOL that flight attendant started levitating like David Blaine. Hey, as long as nobody was injured…

[nitrogoyri]

Just imagine what the man who came out of the restroom went through 😂

[Wilson]

Kris Kross Jump Jump mac daddy say jump jump😂

[jtjames]

Wear your seat belt light or no light.

[jeffrey]

The guy coming from the toilet... "Don't go in there.... trust me".

[simeonselmon]

And this is the reason I hate flying 😢

[tibork]

I think these sudden drops actually called 'air holes' instead of turbulence, I too experienced one of these, fortunately they are very rare occurrences.

[michaelhunt]

What part of keep your seatbelt fasten is unclear?

[Aircraftlov]

Por esa razón es que hay que llevar siempre puesto el cinturón

[icabod]

Private pilot here. ALWAYS wear your seatbelt! You never know when you might encounter clear air turbulence. I've encountered it many times while flying a small plane and I always wear my seatbelt in a commercial airliner. ALWAYS!!