Passengers scream and plead as tropical storms hit plane mid-flight: ‘We saw we weren’t going to survive’

In airspace, everyone can hear you scream.

Footage captured the dramatic moment passengers ran amok on board a plane that was hit by a tropical storm mid-flight.

“I’ve never experienced such bad weather on a flight,” passenger Zuleima Ebratt told Jam Press of the “crazy” spectacle that took place aboard a flight from Medellín to Barranquilla in Colombia yesterday.

The flight, Avianca Airlines 8586, was reportedly buffeted by a tropical storm that hit the northern part of the country with 45 mph winds.

“It was specifically when we started going down to go down to Barranquilla,” Ebratt told local publication El Tiempo. “Until that moment the captain told us ‘We will land in Barranquilla’ and everything was normal. Suddenly, we entered a fog, we could no longer see anything, and the turbulence began.”

In the heart-pounding footage, the plane can be seen swaying uncontrollably, causing passengers to scream and recite prayers like something out of a disaster movie.

“Virgin of Carmen, Hail Most Pure Mary, God save you…! My God, please help us,” chanted a petrified flyer, via El Tiempo.

“Of course we were stressed, desperate, everyone was crying, screaming, others were praying, because we really saw that we weren’t going to be saved,” said Ebratt.

The impact was so severe that it prevented the pilot from landing, prompting them to divert the flight and touch down in the coastal city of Cartagena.

The flight was finally able to continue to its destination of Barranquilla several hours later than anticipated.

In another video, passengers are seen applauding the pilot and cabin crew after the plane lands safely on the tarmac.

Unfortunately, many people on the ground were not so lucky.

The storm hit many areas in the departments of Atlantico, Magdalena and Bolívar, uprooting trees, damaging roofs and cutting power in several municipalities.

Local authorities and aid agencies are currently assessing the damage and working to restore essential services.