Camila Alves was a passenger on the Lufthansa flight that grabbed headlines this week after it hit severe turbulence on Wednesday, sending seven people to the hospital.
The 41-year-old model and wife of Matthey McConaughey came out unscathed and shared the terrifying experience on Instagram.
Alves posted a short clip on Thursday showing the cabin of Lufthansa Flight 469 with clutter strewn all over the floor.
In the caption, she detailed the incident, saying, “I was told plane dropped almost 4000 feet, 7 people went to the hospital. Everything was flying everywhere.”
“To respect the privacy of those around me that’s all I am showing but the plane was a CHAOS. And the turbulence keep on coming [sic],” she added.
To make sure her followers knew which flight she was talking about, she wrote, “The @lufthansa flight you are seeing on the news today!!!! Yes…that one,” before saying everyone on board came out safe.
The Airbus A330 was en route from Austin, Texas to Frankfurt, Germany.
Turbulence struck at 37,000 feet altitude over Tennessee, and the flight was diverted to Dulles International Airport in Virginia where it made an emergency landing at 9:10 p.m.
There were reports from other passengers describing how strong the turbulence was, which struck as dinner was being served.
They spoke about experiencing several seconds of freefall and how dinner plates, glasses, bags, and even a baby were being tossed all over the place. Afterwards, the cabin was a mess.
When things calmed down, flight attendants walked around to check on passengers, and one woman was carried to the front of the plane with injuries.
Several other passengers were injured as well. They were reportedly those who didn’t have their seatbelts on as the turbulence hit very quickly and without warning.
Alves, who lived in Austin and was traveling with her husband, then checked into a hotel in the area. She gave a shoutout to the staff in her post.
“I must say everyone @marriottbonvoy by the airport of Washington where we had to divert to and spend the night was so kind!” she wrote.
Fortunately, the rest of the eventful day went by peacefully, and she and McConaughey even managed to have a date night of sorts.
“@officiallymcconaughey and I made it to the bar with 1 minute before closing…slept well, getting on new flight today, To the journey I continue…” she concluded her post.
The model-slash-entrepreneur later gave an update via an Instagram Story saying she’d gotten on the rescheduled flight and the pilot had announced that they’d be experiencing a – wait for it – 45-minute turbulence.
She ultimately reached her destination without further incident, though, and she shared a selfie and another update from there.
By then, she’d been traveling for two full days – “turbulent days,” she called them – and squeezed in a hectic day at her European destination as well.
As she had her first meal of the day at midnight (“there was no break before,” she said), she reflected on the frightening experience she just had.
“Thinking of everyone that was on that flight, specially the 7 passengers that went to the hospital and the whole crew who got us to land safely!” she wrote.
