Passengers describe terror as AirAsia flight to Bali plunges and ‘hysterical’ crew starts screaming

Passengers have described terror aboard an Indonesia AirAsia flight to the holiday island of Bali after the flight crew announced an emergency and oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling before the airliner turned back to the Australian city of Perth. Flight QZ535 returned safely on Sunday to Perth Airport, where many of the 145 passengers spoke to media about the fear and confusion on board, after the plane lost cabin pressure and plummeted suddenly. Australian media reported that the plane plunged more than 6,000 metres less than 30 minutes after takeoff that morning “The panic was escalated because of the behaviour of staff who were screaming, looked tearful and shocked,” passenger Clare Askew told reporters. “Now, I get it. But we looked to them for reassurance, and we didn’t get any. We were more worried because of how panicked they were,” Askew added. The budget Indonesian airline said in a statement engineers were examining the plane at Perth.<br/>