Heavy sound from the outside, sudden drop (of flight altitude) for eight seconds," Vinod Salwam, 27, said on his Facebook. Saw people on either side of me, hit the ceiling and dropping back to the seats," he said. He was among 291 passengers and 11 crew on board AirAsia X flight from Taipei that encountered severe turbulence, leaving five passengers injured. The plane sprints to lift (climb) the plane and it manages to be stable for few seconds and then drops again. In a statement, the airline said Flight D7377 with 291 passengers and 11 crew members on board, encountered the turbulence mid-flight on Thursday.

Source: The Star May 06, 2017 05:56 UTC