Reuters on August 22 reported that the Airbus A330-343 of Spanish airline Evelop Airlines landed safely at Madrid’s Barajas airport, after falling into a turbulence for 15 seconds, causing the plane to abruptly drop. altitude several hundred meters while in the sky of Ethiopia.

The three crew members were among the injured, most of them not too serious.

Airline representative Evelop Airlines said that 11 passengers missed the seatbelt warning after the aircraft entered the disturbance .

El Mundo newspaper quoted a passenger saying that the incident caused many people to "fly to the ceiling and hover in the air, just like you see in the movie".

"We all thought we were going to di‌e," the passenger told El Mundo , and said when the plane landed safely, the passengers applauded the driver and then hugged each other.

A passenger named Mar also told Cadena Ser Radio: "We saw many passengers flying in chairs, some touching the ceiling, others hitting the chairs behind them."

According to airline Evelop Airlines, the seatbelt warning system has activated just before the aircraft enters the disturbance.