" A Boom In Midair - Then 90 Scary Minutes On A Plane That Shook 'Like A Washing Machine'"

Whatever went wrong in the air off Australia's west coast on Sunday, it started quickly and violently, and it did not stop for far too long. First, AirAsia X passengers told Perth Now and other outlets, there came a loud bang about 90 minutes into the flight to Kuala Lumpur. It woke some people up. Sophie Nicolas said it was an explosion on left wing, while Dave Parry remembered a strange smell wafting through the cabin. Then the shaking. Endless shaking, up and down the jet. "Like you were sitting on top of a washing machine," a passenger told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It lasted another 90 minutes, passengers reported - minutes full of tears, prayers and gallows humor as the rattling jet limped back toward Australia.

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