Dozens of passengers throw up on packed plane hit by powerful winds – and even the pilot almost puked
The high winds on the east coast of the US meant rocky landings had 'pretty much every passenger' reaching for the sick bag - including the pilot
POWERFUL winds and rocky landings had dozens of passengers - and even some pilots - reaching for the sick bags as a storm whipped the north east coast of the US.
One passenger pleaded with would-be travellers to DC to change their flights, saying :"I never want to do that again," while a pilot recorded their descent almost had pilots reaching for the sick bags.
Passenger My Nguyen tweeted: "If you have a flight to DC today, rebook it for tomorrow.
"Just experienced the rockiest landing at [Washington] National, passengers were vomiting.
"Winds were accelerating the plane too fast to touch down, but our amazing pilot Chris on Jet Blue nailed the landing after a failed attempt.
"With that said, I never want to do that again."
She continued: "I was in a cold sweat the entire time. The woman sitting beside me was simultaneously vomiting and having a panic attack."
She later added that the pilot had said they would have to redirect the flight to Richmond if they couldn't make the landing.
"So glad to be one of the ones who made it," she said.
Another passenger travelling from London to Philadelphia but diverted to Washington Dulles Airport, said their flight was 'hell on earth.'
"My entire flight threw up while trying to land in DC because of the Philly weather. Hell on earth," he said.
Similarly, a United Airlines pilot reported their descent on flight 3833 into Washington Dulles Airport yesterday was 'very bumpy.'
"Pretty much everyone on the plane threw up. Pilots were on the verge of throwing up," the pilot recorded.
The nor’easter storm hammered the north east of the US yesterday with hurricane-strength winds, leaving seven people dead, thousands without power and several flights diverted or cancelled.
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