Dozens of passengers on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Heathrow have been injured after their plane was battered by 'severe turbulence'.
The storm struck flight MH1 this morning leaving hundreds of passengers terrified as the Airbus A380 was knocked around thousands of feet in the air.
The company said in a statement they aircraft, carrying 378 crew and passengers, suffered "a brief moment of severe turbulence" over the Bay of Bengal.
It is understood up to 34 people were hurt.
Injured passengers and crew on the flight, an Airbus A380, were treated by medical officers on arrival on Sunday, the company added.
Photos shared on social media showed toppled food carts, food strewn all over the aisle and cracks in overhead passenger units.
The Malaysia Airlines statement on their Facebook page read: "During the flight over the Bay of Bengal the passenger seatbelt light was switched on due to air turbulence. Due to a brief moment of severe turbulence some passengers suffered minor injuries.
"Medical crew and Malaysia Airlines senior management met the aircraft on arrival in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). A small number of affected passengers and crew have been treated by medical officers.
"Malaysia Airlines has assisted the 378 passengers and crew onboard MH1 and sincerely apologises for any inconvenience caused by this weather event which was entirely beyond our control."
Commenting on the post, Harith Azman said: "I was one of the passenger in the plane and I think the pilot did the best they could to take us all home safely.
"The plane went into a very bad weather and caused the plane to free fall. The food weren't served because the trolley was damaged."
In March, a passenger has caught on camera the chaos that can be caused by extreme turbulence .
Passenger Alan Cross saw his coffee thrown onto the ceiling when his SQ308 flight from Singapore to London dropped 20 metres mid-air.
A crew member and 11 passengers were injured during the incident on a Singapore Airlines flight.
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