Passengers bloodied after plane 'rapidly descends to avoid hitting US fighter jet'
dailystar.co.ukDive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star's FREE newsletter is a scorcherSeveral passengers on board an Iranian plane have been left bloodied and injured after the pilot changed altitude to reportedly avoid collision with a US F-15 jet.Video taken by passengers on board Mahan Air flight 1152 from Tehran to Beirut shows people screaming in terror and calling out prayers as oxygen masks hang from the cabin ceiling.The fighter jet can be seen buzzing past the passenger plane moments before the carnage ensued.One elderly man appears to be knocked unconscious after fellow passengers find him lying by the toilet door at the back of the plane.“The plane suddenly went up and down and my head hit the ceiling,” one passenger says, in the video.
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