Chaos engulfed a Lufthansa flight from Argentina to Germany during severe turbulence.
Five passengers and six crew members suffered injuries as the Boeing 747-8 was thrown around by powerful air pockets over the Atlantic this morning.
The plane was travelling from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt with 329 passengers and 19 crew members on board when the incident happened.
A Lufthansa spokesperson said: ‘Unfortunately, five passengers and six members of the crew suffered mostly minor injuries.
‘The safety of the flight was not in jeopardy at any time.’
Those wounded received medical treatment immediately after the aircraft landed safely at its planned destination at 9.53am, according to the airline.
Lufthansa described the turbulence as ‘brief’ and said that it happened in an intertropical convergence zone.
Data from FlightRadar24, the plane, registered under D-ABYP, climbed to 33,000ft before being hit by turbulence, after taking off from Ezeiza International Airport in the Argentinian capital.
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Publicado: November 12, 2024 at 09:18AM
