A panic stricken passenger wrote her "final words" as her aircraft was hit by the full force of Sunday's storm while flying to Ibiza from Germany. On two occasions the pilot of the aircraft tried to land the passenger jet at Ibiza airport but he was thwarted by the high winds. Passengers told German media that the plane was literally battered from either-side. One passenger decided to write her goodbye on a sick bag. The 32-year-old said: "When the captain tried to land the aircraft we lost height at an alarming rate. I feared for the worst."
The tempestuous skies of Mallorca
This past Sunday, August 27 2023, the island was shaken by strong storms and hurricane-force winds. The island remains on bad weather alert and the unsettled weather is expected to continue all week. In fact, cloudy skies and rain are being forecast again for the weekend.
The storm that battered Mallorca on Sunday
This past Sunday, August 27 2023, the island was shaken by strong storms and hurricane-force winds that left a total of 366 incidents in the Balearic Islands, 332 in Mallorca, up to 8.30pm.
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Unfortunately Ladies suffer for their gender. Anything that occurs during a Flight that is out of the straight and level mode. Will make them anxious and prone to panic. They start screaming and causing panic amongst fellow passengers. Turbulance occurs frequently during all Flights. Perhaps Crew can be asked to explain this natural phenomina. With the First Officer making a teassuring broadcast over the P A system. To calm the mainly Female Passengers..
I'm sure she was really scared, but if you fly a lot this is quite normal, it happens often coming into land in Palma and they abort landing and circle the island and try again. More than once at times. I wouldn't of wanted to be in the air on last Sunday.