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It. >> reporter: nothing could have prepared the passengers on united flight 1676, a nightmare at 34,000 feet, high above the rocky mountains. >> there was a lady behind me that was yelling, "my baby, my baby." i can just assume she had an infant in her arms and let go of it. >> reporter: the plane carrying 114 passengers and five crew members encountered turbulence so rough that it plunged. >> it was instantaneous and everything that people had in their hands was flying through the air. people were screaming. >> reporter: according to the faa, 300 people have been injured because of turbulenc...

Attendant with a serious head injury. >> is bleeding pretty badly and they can't get it to stop. >> reporter: it happened at 34,000 feet over montana. united flight 1676 was nearing the end of its flight from denver to billings when without warning the plane began to shape, then a sudden drop to the right. amid screaming, flight attendants and passengers were thrown about the cabin. a baby being held by its parents was thrown over several rows of seats landing safely on another passenger's lap. >> all of a sudden, they're screaming that they can't find their baby, and she had flown across the ...

Story. >> reporter: in a split second, without warning, united airlines flight 1676 with more than 100 people on board was violently tossed in mid air. >> there was a lot of screaming and a lot of hollering and things like that going on. >> reporter: the incident, so jarring, passengers say one woman hit the ceiling so hard, it cracked the panel above her head. severe turbulence rattleden on board the flight from denver to billings, montana, forcing the captain to declare a medical emergency. on cnn's "new day" another passenger described what it was like on board. >> in a split second, we wer...

Spiro were ever damaged it would take a mission impossible retear sphil climber and 2,000-foot of cable. none of the fiber class and cost $20 million less. but the organization that determines the official building height says antennas don't count and based on the new design, the mast is pretty clearly now becoming an antenna. there is not much of a gray area it was a speier because it was clad. without the cladding it's simply antenna. that would make the building's official height 1368 not 1676 feet. shepard. >> shepard: the developers must be not so pleased? >> yeah. they say they absolutel...

than 1,000 palestinians in israeli prisons. the exchange is expected to happen within the next few days. the worst floods in decades are wreaking havoc on the livelihood of thailand's people and economy. they're bracing for the next round which could reach them in days. flooding has killed at least 269 people and affected 8 million across the country. in southwestern mexico, soldiers have been deployed, tourists have been told to leave, and emergency shelters are open as a hurricane comes ashore. the category 2 storm has weakened but is still bringing rain and strong winds. weath...