At least seven people on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu to Sydney needed medical help when the plane hit severe turbulence last week.
"The plane just dropped," passenger Sultan Baskonyali toldShe described one man shooting upward, hitting his head on the ceiling and dropping back down.
FILE - The Hawaiian Airlines"u2019 inaugural service to Maui"u2019s Kahului Airport on takeoff in Long Beach on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.on board a Hawaiian Airlines flight. Four passengers and two crew members were seriously hurt. The plane sustained minor damage. The captain of the Dec. 18 flight from Phoenix to Honolulu told investigators that conditions were smooth with clear skies when a cloud shot up in front of the plane, and that there was no time to change course, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Hawaiian Airlines Chief Operating Officer Jon Snook said at the time that such turbulence is unusual, noting that the airline had not experienced anything like it in recent history. The sign to fasten seat belts was on at the time, though some of the people injured were not wearing them, he said.BREAKING NEWS
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