New Delhi, April 8 -- A Fiji-bound flight from Sydney, Australia, was forced to divert to Tonga after three failed landing attempts at Nadi due to a tropical cyclone, Vaianu. The passengers on board were left vomiting and in chaos as the Fiji Airlines flight tried to land amid the turbulent winds.

Fiji Airways flight FJ914 reached the airspace above Fiji on Monday. However, it had to abandon landing there, and instead turned towards the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa, data from FlightRadar24 showed.

Passengers aboard the Fiji flight, although grateful for a safe landing, shared a first-hand account from the chaotic mid-air scare.

"There were basically people spewing up and down the aisles," a passenger told ABC News. "Fortunately, my kid...