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Passengers on board a plane that plunged out of the sky injuring 50 people are furious at how they've been treated by the airline, after being gifted a tiny meal in compensation.
Multiple emergency vehicles rushed to Auckland International Airport on Monday, after a Latam Airlines flight from Sydney to Auckland lost altitude throwing passengers into the ceiling.
St John ambulance treated the wounded and transported 13 of them to hospital, while the remaining passengers were given a single McDonald's cheeseburger as they waited to find out what would happen next.
The 'traumatised' travellers from flight LA800, a Boeing 787-9, were then not provided with another meal until Tuesday morning.
Thais Iwamoto, 26, from Sydney, said Latam's lack of support and poor communications 'is something I want to talk to them about because it's not OK. It's just not fair.
After being thrown around the plane, with some passengers bouncing off the ceiling, luggage compartments and seats, the flight was met by multiple emergency personnel and vehicles at Auckland International Airport. The Latam plane is pictured
Passenger Janet Baker prepares to check in at Auckland International Airport in New Zealand for a rescheduled Latam Airlines flight to Santiago, Chile on Tuesday, March 12, 2024
'Accidents happen, but the way they treat us, that's not what it's supposed to be, she told the New Zealand Herald.
Brisbane woman Clara Azevedo, 28, who was also on the flight,
