Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from Hawaii screamed in terror as the plane experienced extreme turbulence.

The filmer, John Criscitello, recorded the moment the aircraft was shaken by strong winds.

"Our Southwest 737 Max hit rough turbulence on a flight from Hawaii. Passengers screamed as the plane bumped and dipped like a roller coaster, the filmer said.

They added: "The pilot came on and informed that there was turbulence ahead then came on again and told the flight attendants to buckle in."

This footage was captured on March 12 as the plane headed to Sacramento, California.

Flight was from Honolulu to Sacramento CA . We hit several different patches of turbulence. Some just the usual bumps . But a couple times we hit hard bumps and big drops that’s when the passengers started screaming I was trying to stay calm but honestly when u start to hear the plane creaking and cracking it feels really scary


Southwest 737 Max hit rough turbulence on flight from Hawaii. passengers scream as the plane bumps and dips like a roller coaster

Pilot came on and informed that there was turbulence ahead then came on again and told the flight attendants to buckle in


Bumpy ride on Southwest airline from Hawaii passengers scream during rough turbulence