Air
passengers were sent into a panic mode recently when the pilot asked them to
pray for survival while high in the air.
Passengers
said they were told to pray for their survival by an AirAsia pilot after their
plane suffered engine problems,
Metro UK reports.
Flight D7237
started to shake violently as it made its way from Perth to Malaysia and was
forced to turn back with 359 people on board.
The plane
was less than two hours into its trip when a loud bang was heard before the
shaking began.
Passengers
spoke about the fear on board with some people crying while others pulled out
their life jackets.
One
passenger, known only as Tim, said: ‘We thought there was a good chance we
were going to go down.’
Malik
Mascarenhas told Channel Seven: ‘The plane was really, really limping
home. It was shuddering, shuddering, shuddering. We all thought, you know,
we’re just going to go down.’
One man who
filmed himself looked scared by what was happening
Sophie
Nicolas spoke about the crew’s reaction. She said: ‘He said “I hope you
all say a prayer. I will be saying a prayer too and let’s hope we all get back
home safely”.’
Another
passenger said that a blade had come off the turbine of one of the engines.
Brenton
Atkinson told ABC news: ‘It was essentially the engine seized up, I think.
That’s what they told us anyway.
‘The whole
thing, the plane started vibrating and shaking pretty bad, and we had to turn
around and come back,’ he said.
‘It was
literally like you were sitting on top of a washing machine.’
AirAsia said
in a statement: ‘Flight crew are taking precautionary measures to check
the aircraft and some guests on board the flight will be transferred to the
next available flight today,’ the statement said.
‘Other
guests will be informed of the progress of the flight.
‘The safety
of our guests are our utmost priority.’
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