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

Nightmare! Have experienced similar although all buckled in seat belt then, still very unnerving! Will remain local from now on, have seen enough of the world thank you!

How terrifying!! I think I would be screaming for my life in turbulence like that! Well done to the captain and his team!

Clear air turbulence cannot be detected on radar. Only thunderstorm turbulence. CAT is 5 miles up associated with jetstreams, and so is predictable but cannot be detected in real time. Always keep your seatbelt on loosely during flight.

I can understand if you were walking to the bathroom, but if you are just milling about on a plane or sitting in your seat with no seatbelt, you are really being foolish.

I can't see any other airline immediately saying they would pay medical costs. Well done aeroflot

Another passenger said "some people have probably broken their spines".Well, that's a bit different to the headline, isn't it? Still scary AF though.

I feel sorry for anyone who has to fly and only has a choice of Aeroflot. Having said that, these days virtually everyone understands that turbulence can impact aircraft without warning, hence the 'suggestion' by most airlines that seat belts are kept fastened all times whilst seated. The only blameless in this story are the babies who may have been thrown about.

This happened to us without warning during dinner mid way back from the Caribbean. All well and good saying keep your belt fastened but people need to go to the loo and staff need to move around.

this is why they tell you to keep your seat belt fastened throughout the flight.

The plane stayed in one piece, that is very good.

I suppose all seatbelts were unfastened as soon as the seatbelt sign went off. You can hear it on all flights, not just Russian.

NO seat belts on, this stuff will happen. I went thru many hard turbulences over Florida and South America, nothing happened why? Seat belts ON!

Broken spines?!? And they managed to get them off the plane without paralysing them?!? Nonsense!!!

You can loosen the seat belt during the flight and still be well protected. You wont even feel its there.

What confirmation did the DM have about broken spines! Because the way I read the story it's just someone's assumption!!! Rubbish journalism as usual!

Wearing seat belts, when turbulent and the seatbelt sign is on??

Seat belts fastened (& tight) when seated?...only the people on the flight would be able to answer that...We're frequent flyers and always have the belt done up comfortably tight even when asleep....years of experience of cabin crew making it an issue with the slightest hint of turbulence detected...even then some passengers have chosen to ignore the cabin crew's advice...in this case maybe? who knows?...so many armchair analysts (like myself) will have an opinion as always!!

I remember in driver's ed we were required to watch a movie about real car crashes- I believe it was called Wheels of Death or something like that- and it scared us into driving safer. A video of turbulence and injuries from it should be compulsory in the safety demonstration onboard. It would make people think twice about unfastening their seatbelts while they're seated.

Keep your seat belt fastened at all times.

Always leave your safety belt loosely fastened.