Passengers terrified after LATAM flight loses altitude

From Morning Report, 6:09 am on 12 March 2024

Passengers aboard a LATAM flight from Sydney say the scene was terrifying when their plane lost altitude fifty minutes from Auckland on Monday afternoon.

The jolt sent people, not belted-in, flying to the ceiling.

Ambulance medics treated fifty people at Auckland Airport, with twelve - including a child - being taken to hospital.

RNZ spoke to passengers at the airport.
 

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