'It was a miracle we survived': Passengers tell of horror on board a plane hit by severe turbulence that left cabin crew in neck braces with head wounds, 23 hospitalised and ceiling panels broken

The Avianca Airbus, which was flying from Lima in Peru to Buenos Aires in Argentina, was dramatically rocked at around 41,000ft. 


Images of injured people standing by their seats, oxygen masks hanging from the ceiling and panels snapped and dented emerged online following the incident. One passenger claimed that it was 'a miracle that passengers survived'.