The stewardess cried and shouted to put on the oxygen mask, saying the plane had a malfunction,” said a passenger, who was on the Japan Airlines flight on June 30

There was a worrying moment aboard a Japan Airlines flight as the plane plummeted to nearly 26,000 feet mid-air. Passengers wrote their farewell notes.

A Japan Airlines flight suddenly dropped from 36,000 feet to 10,500 feet in 10 minutes on Monday, and passengers said they feared they might die during the terrifying ordeal