Lufthansa flight 469 experienced 'significant turbulence' after the incident with the plane reportedly going 1,000 feet up and down.
At least seven people were injured on a flight heading to Texas after lightning reportedly struck the plane.
The Federal aviation Administration said Lufthansa flight 469 was flying from Frankfurt, Germany, to Austin, Texas , when it experienced"significant turbulence" at 37,000 feet altitude over Tennessee on Wednesday night, WUSA9 reported. The pilot executed an emergency landing at Dulles International Airport in Virginia at around 9:10 p.m.My wife was on that flight she sent this pic This is what the inside looked like food everywhere, people who didn't have the seat belts fastened got hurt mostly cause it came as surprise without seat belt sign on and lighting hit the plane badly went 1k ft down & up pilot said
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