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SYDNEY, Australia — Instruments aboard a Qantas airliner warned of a glitch in its stabilization system when it suddenly rose and plunged, tossing unbelted passengers to the ceiling and injuring more than 70 people, 14 of them seriously, Australian investigators said today.
The A330-300 was carrying 303 passengers and 10 crew from Singapore to the Australian city of Perth on Tuesday when it experienced the sudden altitude changes at 37,000 feet. The plane made an emergency landing in Learmonth, Western Australia.
Passenger Jim Ford of Perth said he thought he was about to die as he watched people being flung around the cabin.
“It was horrendous, absolutely gruesome, . . . the worst experience of my life,” he said.
