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A Latam Airlines Boeing 787 experienced a sudden midair drop on Monday, injuring at least 50 people. Dozens of turbulence-related injuries have been seen on other carriers like Lufthansa and Delta. AdvertisementA passenger on the Boeing 787 that suddenly dropped midair over the Pacific on Monday described a scary scene. In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, Latam Airlines Flight 800 passenger Brian Jokat said the plane "dropped something to the effect of 500 feet instantly," jolting him awake. The "fasten seatbelt" sign was on at the time, airline Chief Operating Officer Jon Snook said, HawaiiNewsNow reported.
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A Hawaiian Airlines pilot says a cloud "shot up" and caused flight turbulence, per New York Times. The severe turbulence on the flight from Phoenix to Honolulu in December injured 25 passengers, per the report. The newspaper said the investigator's report stated: "A cloud shot up vertically (like a smoke plume) in front of the airplane in a matter of seconds, and there was not enough time to deviate." The pilot said flying conditions before the cloud shot up were "smooth with clear skies", the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found, the Times reported. According to the Times, the NTSB report said a thunderstorm warning had been issued by the National Weather Service.
Twenty people who were on a Hawaiian Airlines flight near Honolulu suffered significant injuries when the jetliner bucked violently in a patch of turbulent air Sunday, officials said. The aircraft was at capacity, with 278 passengers, eight flight attendants and two pilots on board, when the incident shook it enough to damage interior panels and cause head injuries for multiple people, Hawaiian Airlines officials said. Flight 35 was at a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet when it hit the patch, Hawaiian Airlines Chief Operating Officer Jon Snook said at a news conference Sunday. Fasten seat belt lights were on at the time, but at least some of the injured were not restrained properly, airlines officials said. Such a level of turbulence has not affected a Hawaiian Airlines flight since the century began, Snook said.
A Hawaiian Airlines flight from Phoenix to Honolulu encountered "severe turbulence" on Sunday. A Hawaiian Airlines executive said the plane had struck a "rare" air pocket. Hawaiian Airlines flight 35 experienced turbulence shortly before landing in Hawaii at around 10:50 a.m., the company confirmed in a statement to Insider. —KWAM NewsTalk Memphis (@Mighty990KWAM) December 19, 2022At least 36 people were injured, 11 of which had serious injuries, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services said. One person was also knocked unconscious, the director of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department, Jim Ireland, said at a press conference.
Turbulent Hawaiian Airlines flight seriously injures 11 people
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
In all, 36 people received medical treatment following Sunday's turbulent Hawaiian Airlines flight for bumps, bruises, cuts and nausea, said Jim Ireland, director of Honolulu Emergency Medical Services. Passenger Kaylee Reyes told Hawaii News Now that her mother had just sat down when the turbulence hit and had not had a chance to buckle her safety belt. There was some internal damage to the aircraft during the turbulence, Snook said. In 2019, 37 passengers and flight crew members were injured when an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Sydney hit intense turbulence about two hours past Hawaii. Over the Atlantic, a 2017 American Airlines flight from Athens hit severe turbulence along the New York coastline.
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