Watch: Man thrown into plane roof after severe flight turbulence

An airline passenger was catapulted into the roof of an aircraft during sudden turbulence.

On Monday, 30 passengers were injured when their Air Europa flight from Spain to Uruguay encountered the severe turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing in Brazil.

Footage from inside the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner showed a man’s legs dangling above the plane’s seats.

Other passengers can be seen helping the frightened passenger down as shouts and cries fill the cabin and belongings lie strewn across the floor.

“People who did not have their seat belts unfortunately suffered consequences, injuries,” Daniel Montañez, a passenger, told CNN. “There were people broken, people on the floor, people screaming, people who felt bad, people bleeding.”

“We thought we were going to die there, but thank God it didn’t happen,” another said.

In a statement on Monday, Air Europa said: “The plane has landed normally and those who sustained different types of injuries are already being treated.”