Eleven Injured As Lufthansa Flight From Argentina To Germany Encounters Severe Turbulence
The Boeing 747-8 carried 329 passengers and 19 crew members, and the turbulence occurred briefly in an intertropical convergence zone, according to Lufthansa.
ALufthansa flight from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt encountered severe turbulence over the Atlantic, injuring eleven people on board.
“Unfortunately, five passengers and six crew members suffered mostly minor injuries,” a Lufthansa spokesperson told Reuters in an email, confirming a report by DPA news agency.
“The safety of the flight was not in jeopardy at any time,” the spokesperson added.
After landing safely at its planned destination on Tuesday at 10:53 am (0953 GMT), the injured received medical treatment, Mail Online reports.
The Boeing 747-8 carried 329 passengers and 19 crew members, and the turbulence occurred briefly in an intertropical convergence zone, according to Lufthansa.
Data from FlightRadar24 indicated the plane, registered as D-ABYP, climbed to 33,000ft before encountering turbulence. Industry publication AirLive.net reported the aircraft later ascended to 35,000ft to avoid the weather, with five unbuckled passengers injured during the climb.
The plane’s speed reportedly dropped from 511 knots to 180 knots within a minute before returning to a cruising speed of 517 knots. Following its arrival in Frankfurt, injured crew and passengers were taken to hospital.
In a similar incident in May, a Singapore Airlines flight experienced severe turbulence over the Irrawaddy Basin, injuring 30 and leading to one passenger’s death from a suspected heart attack.
