A Qatar Airways B777 made an an emergency landing at a Portuguese military base in the Azores islands Sunday after heavy turbulence injured passengers.
According to Passenger Azad easa who tweeted the following
“when plane dropped, three year old boy flew out his seat, and landed across aisle into the lap of a man who held him”
“some passengers bleeding after flung in the air, hitting the ceiling and landing in the aisles after plane suddenly lost altitude”
“So we disembark. Then after an hour waiting, we are told Americans can leave to hotel. Rest need visas. Almost causes a mini riot”
“Very angry scenes here. Passengers upset that Quatar staff abandoned them. Here is what is left behind”