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35 Passengers Injured On Air Canada Flight From Vancouver To Australia After Plane Hits Turbulence

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 Jul, 2019 07:37 PM

    MONTREAL - Nearly three dozen passengers and crew sustained minor injuries Thursday when an Air Canada flight travelling from Toronto to Sydney, Australia, ran into severe turbulence, prompting an emergency landing in Honolulu.

     

    Flight AC33 was about two hours past Hawaii over the Pacific Ocean following a scheduled stopover in Vancouver on Wednesday night when "unforecasted and sudden turbulence" triggered a turnaround and caused "minor injuries" for about 35 travellers, the airline said in an email.

     

    Eyewitnesses described a gut-churning drop in altitude that slammed passengers and flight attendants into the ceiling.

     

    "We hit turbulence and we all hit the roof and everything fell down, and stuff... people went flying," passenger Jess Smith told CBC News.

     

    "I watched a whole bunch of people hit the ceiling of the plane," said Alex MacDonald. "A couple of the air hostesses were bringing food out at the time, and they hit the roof as well. But as a whole people seem to be OK, didn't seem to be any major injuries."

     

    MacDonald added that staff and ground crew were "amazing" in the wake of the incident.

     

    The aircraft, a Boeing 777-200, had 269 passengers and 15 crew members on board.

     

    Some received medical attention on arrival at the airport in Honolulu, according to Air Canada.

     

    "Our first priority is always the safety of our flights, passengers and crew and as a precaution, medical personnel are on standby to examine passengers in Honolulu," Air Canada spokeswoman Isabelle Arthur said.

     

    The airline says it is arranging hotel accommodations and meals for passengers in Honolulu as well as options for resumption of the flight.

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