Passengers fly out of seats as severe turbulence shakes flight, several injured
A Hawaii Airlines flight from Honolulu to Sydney experienced severe turbulence, leaving many passengers flying out of their seats.
Several passengers and flight attendants were injured in the turbulence, according to the New York Post.
Three passengers were hospitalised with injuries, including back pain, officials added.
On July 1, the airline experienced "unexpected severe turbulence" five hours into the flight. According to the airlines, this caused the plane's ceiling to "bust open." Furthermore, oxygen masks were deployed, and many passengers were "shot out" of their seats, landing on the plane's roof.
Sultan Baskonyali, a passenger on the turbulent flight, told ABC News that the plane "just dropped." "We weren't prepared. There was a man in front of us who had gone all the way up. His head was on the roof. And dropped back down," he said.
On Friday evening, the jet carrying 163 passengers and 12 crew members landed "without incident" at Sydney Airport. According to a New South Wales ambulance spokesperson, the emergency services assessed 12 patients and four passengers, as well as three members of the crew, who were treated by a doctor on the same flight in consultation with physicians on the ground.
"Our immediate priority is to continue to care for our passengers and crew affected by this turbulence event, and we thank Sydney airport first responders for their swift assistance," a Hawaiian Airlines spokesperson said.
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- With inputs from agencies
