Dream - Latam Airlines flight from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand, experienced strong turbulence due to technical issues, on Monday, March 11, 2024. As a result, 50 passengers were injured. A passenger, Brian Jokat (61), shared the horror incident he experienced while flying with Latam Airlines flight number LA800. At that time, he was on a three-week vacation, visiting various places around the world.

"I was sound asleep on the plane and the next thing I knew, there were many bodies floating past me and going up to the plane's roof, and it was really frightening," he said, quoted from NY Post. "It felt like a dream. But then a man came down from the roof to hit the armrest next to me and it became very real, very fast. I was sure we were going to fall. I accepted the fact that this was beyond my control. It felt like everything was going to end," he continued.

"The plane dived and then almost stood upright again a few seconds later," said Jokat. The airline-operated plane from Chile carried 263 passengers and nine crew members, traveling from Sydney to Auckland. Jokat described the rest of the flight as a frightening situation for the injured passengers. Jokat admitted to witnessing a man sitting in front of him hitting the ceiling and appearing to have a broken rib."

"People were treated by various doctors on the plane who immediately took action," he explained. After safely landing in Auckland, the crew treated 50 injured people. That's when Jokat saw some people lying on the floor and another person seemed to be completely motionless."