A Delta flight en route between Milan and Atlanta, USA suffered usevere turbulence as it approached Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and 11 people were rushed to hospital after landing. Various US media reports it, including CNN and CBS.
The Airbus A350 landed without problems just before 7 pm, but the turbulence, encountered about 40 miles north-east of the airport – specified the federal aviation authority – still had consequences. According to the airline, the plane was carrying 151 passengers and 14 crew members, but it is not yet clear how many of them were injured or how serious their injuries were.
Yesterday’s (the night in Italy) was the latest in a series of accidents with injuries due to severe turbulence. One person died in March when a Bombardier CL30 jet en route from Dillant-Hopkins Airport in New Hampshire to Leesburg Executive Airport in Virginia encountered severe turbulence. He was forced to divert to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
Several people had later been hospitalized in another crash in March after a Lufthansa flight from Austin to Frankfurt, Germany encountered turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. The next day, about 20 passengers and crew members of the Condor flight from Frankfurt to Mauritius were injured in turbulence.
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2023-08-30 10:54:00
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