A couple were left terrified with a flight which hit major turbulence as violent storms hit during the heatwave. Eileen Felton, 61, and her husband Carl were flying back from Palma, Mallorca when their Ryanair jet hit ‘horrendous’ conditions in the air.
Eileen and Carl were due to land at Liverpool John Lennon airport just after 6pm when the storm hit. The area had been basking in 28C temperatures all day but at that point torrential rain began to fall amid an amber weather warning for thunderstorms.
The heat led to rapidly rising air leading to severe turbulance for the flight. The country was lashed with thunder and heavy rain over the weekend and in the area of the Ryanair flight Lightning struck a Merseyside church, the Bootle Music Festival was cancelled and roads flooded, the Echo reported.
