Turbulence injured two flight attendants and eight others on a United Airlines flight to Chicago from Los Angeles early today, the Associated Press reported, citing the airline.
Flight 1028, which carried 187 passengers and crew, was diverted to Denver International Airport about 3 a.m., the AP said. The 10 who were hurt were taken to hospitals, and their conditions weren’t released, AP reported.
The plane completed its flight to Chicago after maintenance crews inspected it, the news service said.
Source: Associated Press
By: PMN - 25th January 2008 at 17:49
I love turbulance. Well… I love it as long as I’ve slept in the previous 30 hours, otherwise it’s rather annoying!
Paul
By: wawkrk - 24th January 2008 at 05:27
Super Nimrod:Am I one of the few strange people who enjoy turbulance ?
Even more exciting when a microburst tears the wings off and you die!:D
By: Super Nimrod - 23rd January 2008 at 13:11
Am I one of the few strange people who enjoy turbulance ?
Best ever was a two hour section of a flight to Texas from London about 5 years ago. Violent shaking, some passengers occasionally involuntarily screaming, things falling out of supposedly closed overhead lockers and the captain or co-pilot demanding that people stay in their seats and do not attempt to go to the loo no matter how desperate. Funnily the noise is the thing I remember the most, kind of like lots of those bangs you get when the undercarriage hits the runway. It was quite exciting and there were no injuries or anything that bad thankfully. I asked one of the cabin crew how it rated and she said she had been in worse but it was the kind of stuff they see about once every couple of years ………
By: keithmac - 23rd January 2008 at 11:53
By keeping your seat belt on you will avoid the CATastrophic results of entering turbulence!!:)
By: Newforest - 23rd January 2008 at 08:31
My initial thoughts too!:D
By: PMN - 23rd January 2008 at 02:43
And here was me thinking a furball with claws suffered an episode of air rage!
Paul
By: keithmac - 22nd January 2008 at 12:16
This of course is why you’re advised to keep your seat belt fastened!
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