50 Injured As Latam Flight Suddenly Loses Altitude: "Blood Was On Ceiling"

Latam Airlines is Chile's flagship carrier and stops regularly in Auckland en route to Santiago.

Fifty people were injured on board a Boeing 787-9 flight from Sydney to Auckland after the plane suddenly "dropped" mid-air, according to Forbes. The flight was operated by Chilean airline Latam and the plane experienced a technical issue, which caused "strong movement" on board the flight, the outlet further said. Some passengers and crew members were "thrown into the roof" on the plane as it suddenly lost altitude. Ten of the injured - seven passengers and three crew members - were hospitalised in a serious condition.

According to FlightAware, the affected LA800 flight landed successfully in Auckland at 4:26 pm local time.

"Flight LA800, operating the Sydney-Auckland route today, had a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement," Latam said in a statement posted by CNN.