A “Severe turbulence” caused the passengers on Aerolineas Argentinas flight AR1133 to panicwhich it had as an air route Madrid-Buenos Aires. Everything happened on Tuesday night and this Wednesday it became known, after it emerged that at least a dozen were injured, of which three had to be sent back for further health checks.
The flight that arrived at 4:30 at Ezeiza International Airport took off from Barajas Airport with 271 passengers and 13 crew members.
The plane was flying over the Atlantic Ocean in the calm of the night but suddenly, up to Brazil, unusual movements began to occur. The air hole produced it the signs will be activated – although some of those present said that this would not happen – and within seconds a part of the hand luggage began to fall.
Some passengers were standingas well as the hostesses, who were surprised by the turbulence.
“They didn’t warn us to fasten our seat belts,” said a passenger on the Aerolineas Argentinas flight who suffered turbulence.
In the pictures that became known later you can see the detached oxygen masks of its compartments. There is also damage to the place where baggage is stored, which some people have bumped into.
of the 271 passengers and 13 crew members on board, twelve were to be treated by medical personnel with minor injuries after arriving at the Pistarini International Airport Minister.
of the 284 people on board, twelve were to be treated by medical personnel with minor injuries caused by impact and falling objects. While, three of them were transferred to the Ezeiza hospital “for a more thorough check”they specified in a note from the national airline.
The testimony of the passengers
“It was a pretty strong situation. The journey was going well but the seat belt signs were activated and ten seconds later a very strong turbulence began“said a young woman from Rio Negro named Lucía who was on the plane, in statements at the signal TN.
In the meantime he has provided information on his state of health, and pointed it out It has a sacral fissure. “I have rest and can’t move, basically,” he complained.
“I just got up to get a glass of water. If you had run for me, it would have been worse because it was at the bottom of the plane, “he recalled.
On the other hand, a Spanish passenger named Adriano Torres reported what happened through his account Twitter. On the social network she wrote: “There have been turbulences in which they didn’t tell us to fasten our seat belts and everyone flew away. Even the hostesses along the corridor “.
He also shared pictures of the interior of the plane where the damage is observed. “Those damages are done with the head “, She said. In addition, she stated that “the last 7 hours of flight they were a nightmare“.
Three injured people transferred for not wearing a seat belt on the airline flight that suffered turbulence
“For the first time I touched the ceiling with my head which measures 1.60“, he continued surprised, while he said that despite what happened” everything is fine “.
After the company said in the official statement that “the most compromised passengers they weren’t wearing seat belts at the time of the turbulence, “Torres contradicted the information. “This is a big lie. What helplessness”he has declared.
He was met by another passenger on the same flight who was in tune with what he had reported, and added that he had not been warned of the security measure.
“I was one of the hardest hit and maybe I have a ruptured septum. I hit my head against the ceiling and broke it. Yes, I had my seat belt fastened at 7 and just when I took it off it happened, but THERE WAS NO NOTICE“said the influencer and streamer known as @HereticsEspe, who was on board.
Finally, it was learned that among the three injured who were taken to the aforementioned treatment center there were a woman with leg trauma without fracture and a man with a stab to the head. No further information was known about the third person.
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