VIDEO: Several injured from severe turbulence on Cathay Pacific flight
HONG KONG – Cathay Pacific Airways said Wednesday that nine people were injured when a Boeing 747 hit severe turbulence over Japan.
The airline said two crew members and six passengers were taken to hospital after the jet landed in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening. Another passenger who sustained an injury didn’t require hospitalization.
Get breaking National news
The 747-400, which departed from San Francisco, was carrying 321 passengers and a crew of 21. It encountered the turbulence near Hokkaido around noon Hong Kong time Tuesday.
Cable News television showed one passenger being taken away in a stretcher.
A passenger surnamed Wu told local TV news channels he felt like he was a on a roller coaster during the turbulence, which lasted two minutes. He said some passengers were thrown out of their seats and hit the overhead bins.
- Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died
- German authorities received tipoffs last year about the suspect in Christmas market attack
- 38 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil
- Top-ranking NYPD officer abruptly resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations
Comments