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Eleven people were injured after a Lufthansa flight from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt suffered severe turbulence while traveling over the Atlantic on Monday.
“Unfortunately, five passengers and six crew members suffered mostly minor injuries,” a Lufthansa spokesperson told Reuters in an email, confirming a report by the DPA news agency.
“The safety of the flight was not in danger at any time,” the spokesperson added.
The injured received medical treatment immediately after the plane landed safely at its intended destination on Tuesday at 10:53 a.m. (09:53 GMT), according to the airline.
The Boeing 747-8 was carrying 329 passengers and 19 crew members. The turbulence was brief and occurred in an intertropical convergence zone, the company said.
Eleven people were injured after a Lufthansa flight from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt suffered severe turbulence while traveling over the Atlantic (File image)
According to data from FlightRadar24, the plane, registered under D-ABYP, climbed to 33,000 feet before being hit by turbulence over the Atlantic, after taking off from Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires.
AirLive.net, an industry publication, reported that when the plane climbed to 35,000 feet to try to avoid the bad weather, five passengers who were not wearing seat belts were injured.
After the plane landed at Frankfurt Airport, the injured crew and passengers were taken to hospital.
In May, one passenger died of a suspected heart attack and 30 were injured when a Singapore Airlines passenger plane was severely shaken by an air pocket over Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Basin.
More to follow.
