A Boeing 777 plane suddenly got into the zone of strong turbulence before starting to descend

It is amazing how much hammer a plane can take. Must have been terrifying for the passengers. Praise to the pilots for keeping it in flight and hope all injuries (and minds) recover.

The advice to keep your seat belt fastened when seated should always be heeded.

Turbulence not the airline is responsible for this. Some very idiotic comments on here. #keepyourbeltfastened

BROKEN SPINES!! Is that a medical diagnosis following detailed scans, or the usual made up exaggerated speculations from unreliable witnesses DM?

This is why I always keep my seatbelt on when flying.

Wear your seat belt ALL the time. That's the advice - For a reason.

Seatbelts should be worn from lift off to touchdown.

Why were they walking around during turbulence?

And here shows the reason for keeping your seatbelt on!

When will people learn to keep their seatbelt fastened unless they need to visit the toilet?!!

I could never understand why, when you are just sitting there, people feel they need to unbuckle their seat belts. Most of these injuries would have been avoided if they just stayed buckled up.

I'm a veteran flight attendant and I always keep my seat belt fastened when seated ....and no one has to tell me to do that. I have been in the very rough stuff over the years and I know exactly what an airplane is capable of doing in turbulence. On all my international flights, many passengers automatically take their seatbelt off and sprawl out to relax. They often don't buckle up until decent and flight attendants can't force them to fasten their seat belts. They let their babies crawl around on the floor, or make a "bed" for them on the floor, thinking that they will have the time to pick the baby up if it gets rough. They don't! It can be like flipping a switch. BAM....you're in heavy gyrations. In this case, it was so turbulent that they would never be able to restraint a baby by simply holding them.It's just like when people grab suitcases out of the bin when the airplane is on fire.People...many people, can be so stupid!

Its why unless needing the loo you stay seated with belt on. last flight i took [2 weeks ago] somebody was out of their seat every few minutes; they become a missile and risk others in a rapid descent/tubulence. usual stupid idiot syndrome.

Turbulence, is nothing new, it has always happened, it's a fact. It's not usually dangerous, apart from objects moving around in the cabin. It's given more exposure now due to the 24 hrs media etc. Also, modern planes are better equipped and warned better about air pockets, windshears etc. It still happens though, which is why any sensible passenger would be wise to keep their belt on as much as possible.

I have to ask a rather obvious question - Why were they not wearing seatbelts? Whenever I have flown if there has been any turbulence, however light, we were told to put our seat belts on.

That's why you should always wear your seat belts

Scary stuff. Seat belts are an absolute must not just during take off and landing.

If you thought you didn't need to bother to wear a seatbelt then this might change your mind, shame they had to find out the hard way though.

My thanks to the designers of both aircraft and engines, who create products that can cope with such conditions.

Always wear your seatbelt, this is a hazard of flying. You don't undo your seat belt in your car after you have set off, they also help to stop you getting dragged off if you fly American Airlines