Terrified passengers forced to jump from the WING during plane emergency landing
A VIRAL video has captured the terrifying moment passengers were forced to jump from the wing of a plane after having to emergency land thanks to an “unusual smell” in the cabin.
Flight passengers forced to JUMP off plane's wing
A flight was forced into an emergency landing in which passengers then jumped from the wing of a plane.
Southwest Airlines flight 3562 was travelling from Arizona to Texas on Sunday when the incident occurred.
After an “unusual smell” was discovered in the cabin, the pilots decided to divert to New Mexico airport.
Passengers were told to brace as they landed, with one man filming what happened next.
A viral video shows a passengers jumping from the plane wing after an emergency landing
Brandon Cox, a passenger on the plane, filmed the plane after it had landed and they realised they would need to evacuate the plane.
It was then that they discovered there was no emergency slide by the exit door of the wing.
This meant that they would need to jump as the video showed other passengers using a slide at another exit.
Instead, they were forced to jump almost 2.4m from the wing to the tarmac at the airport.
Viral video: Passengers forced to jump from plane wing after emergency landing
Flight attendants can be heard yelling in the video: “Move away from the aircraft now!”
Cox explained: “I sent a couple [of] texts out to loved ones that you just don’t really want to have to send out.
“I hit the ground really hard and was just shell-shocked that I just had to jump off the wing of an aeroplane.
Thankfully only a few were injured in the drama that ensued.
Viral video: Passengers at another exit can be seen using slides to evacuate
Viral video: The other passengers were forced to jump from the plane wing to the tarmac
Southwest told CBS News in a statement that, "The Captain declared an emergency to receive priority handling from air traffic controllers after deviating from the filed flight plan.
“After safely landing, 140 passengers evacuated the aircraft on a clear taxiway.
“Initial reports indicate five Customers requested assessment by medical personnel."
Another terrifying plane incident saw an aircraft skidding off a cliff in Turkey.