At least 12 people were injured, three of whom were later taken to hospital with serious injuries
Chaos reigned on her flight AR1133 Aerolíneas Argentinas to Buenos Aires which took off at 8.21 p.m. of October 18 from Madrid with 271 passengers and 13 crew members.
During the flight the aircraft fell into a vacuum causing panic among the passengers while objects began to be hurled as the lockers where the passengers had placed their luggage were opened. the intense turbulence that began 7 hours into the 12-hour flight, according to the DailyMail, and while the aircraft was off the coast of Brazil.
Despite the fact that the signs were on for passengers to fasten their seat belts, as the company claims, some of them found themselves in the air and even hit the ceiling due to the strong turbulence.
From the violent turbulence at least 12 people were injured according to Bild, three of whom were later taken to hospital with serious injuries while one passenger, who spoke to El Pais, said he had a bruise on his head.
In particular, Adrian Torres stated that “we were flying for about seven hours and almost all of us fell asleep, because at that time it was almost 03:00 in Spain. The plane started to move a lot and I told my colleagues “lots of turbulence, strap in!”. As I was looking for my seat belt, the plane experienced severe turbulence.”
The plane lost altitude too quickly, the passenger explained, and he hit the ceiling, leaving him with a small bruise. The woman with the broken nose is a colleague of Adrian Torres.
However, another passenger said there was no warning and while she had unbuckled her seat belt briefly, when the turbulence began she hit her head on the ceiling and ruptured her nasal septum.
Finally, the aircraft landed in Buenos Aires 4.5 hours after the turbulence.
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