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Passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines jet screamed and sobbed as the pilot tried at least three times to land at a Tunisian airport during a storm, then diverted to a runway 55 miles away. The Airbus A321, bound from Istanbul to Tunis-Carthage Airport in Tunisia on September 10, flew straight into severe weather on its […] The post Turkish Airlines pilot diverted flight after three failed landing attempts in a storm appeared first on American Almanac .
Passengers aboard a Turkish Airlines jet screamed and sobbed as the pilot tried at least three times to land at a Tunisian airport during a storm, then diverted to a runway 55 miles away. The Airbus A321, bound from Istanbul to Tunis-Carthage Airport in Tunisia on September 10, flew straight into severe weather on its approach. The plane shook violently. One passenger shouted "we will die." A Russian-speaking influencer aboard the flight, sobbing as she recorded the ordeal, later wrote that she had "never in my life have I been so scared for my life." The pilot attempted to bring the aircraft down at Tunis-Carthage at least three times. Each approach failed. Video footage posted to social media appeared to show the plane lurching and, in…Open