Nine people have been injured after a Ryanair flight ran into turbulence so severe that one passenger thought the plane would ‘break apart’.

The storm slammed into the flight carrying 179 passengers and six crew on Wednesday evening as it flew from Berlin to Milan.

The pilot made an emergency landing at Memmingen Airport, 350 miles away from the German capital, at around 8.30pm (7.30pm UK time).

Eight people and a staff member were injured, with three taken to the hospital, including a two-year-old who suffered bruises.

A woman also suffered a head wound and another experienced back pain as they were reportedly thrown against the cabin roof and walls.

A passenger told BILD: ‘I’ve never been scared before but at that moment, I thought the plane was going to break apart or roll over.’ P

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