I thought we were going to die in 'crazy' turbulence that sent woman crashing into the ceiling: Passenger describes terror on jet as it dropped 8,000ft in minutes over Greenland

A passenger who was on a Miami-bound flight when it was hit by extreme turbulence said he thought he was going to die and has described how a man next to him was knocked out after being flung into the cabin ceiling. Scandinavian Airlines flight SK957 dropped more than 8,000ft in just minutes as the turbulence hit, flight trackers show. A woman's leg is seen in the air as she is thrown up by the force of the turbulence on the Scandinavian Airlines flight Passengers are seen gripping the backs of seats as the plane was rattled by the extreme turbulence Sammy Solstad, who is originally from Sweden but now lives in Florida, had been travelling on the flight home with his wife when the plane was hit by turbulence The woman, who had not been wearing a seatbelt at all, 'hit her head and neck very hard,' and then fell to the ground. A passenger shared an image from inside the Scandinavian Airlines plane after it experienced severe turbulence on Thursday and had to fly back to Europe The image above shows the scene inside the flight as it experienced severe turbulence The Scandinavian Airlines flight took off from Stockholm at 12.55pm and was due to land in Miami at 5.45pm local time but decided to turn back to Europe as it reached the US East Coast.