A Singapore Airlines passenger plane encountered a violent turbulence in May this year, causing 1 death and 104 injuries, and some passengers may be paralyzed for life, which is still palpitating, but yesterday (1st) a Spanish Air Europa passenger plane also encountered turbulence on the way to Uruguay, resulting in 30 passengers injured, some of whom were thrown into the ceiling, and even some seats were hit to the whole broken, the situation is quite scary.
According to CNN (CNN) and Reuters, the UX045 flight involved was supposed to fly from Madrid to Uruguay, but encountered strong turbulence on the way and was forced to make an emergency transfer to Brazil's Natal Airport at 2:32 a.m. local time. "The plane landed normally, and passengers with varying degrees of injuries are being treated. ”
According to flight tracking website FlightAware, the plane hit by the turbulence was a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with a capacity of up to 339 passengers.
One of the passengers recalled to the media: "The plane suddenly jolted and then rushed downward, and the person who was not wearing a seat belt was thrown up and hit the ceiling and was injured, and the person with a seat belt was fine." ”
Another passenger said that he witnessed injuries to the arms, faces and feet of passengers, some with broken bones, and about 30 injured, "It was a terrible feeling, we thought we were going to die, thank God, it didn't come true." ”
From the photos provided by the passengers to the media, a seat in the aircraft was broken, and it was suspected that it was broken in the chaos, which shows the fierceness of the impact at that time.
European Airlines said it had dispatched another plane from Madrid to Brazil to pick up passengers to Uruguay, and that the injured passengers had been taken to hospital.