Passenger thrown into overhead bin and dozens injured as turbulence hits flight off Brazilian coast
An Air Europa flight bound for Uruguay made an emergency landing in Brazil on Monday after at least 30 people were injured by “strong turbulence.”
An Air Europa flight bound for Uruguay made an emergency landing in Brazil on Monday after at least 30 people were injured by “strong turbulence.”
Flight UX045 was flying from Madrid to Montevideo when it hit turbulence over the Atlantic close to the Brazilian coast. It was then diverted to the city of Natal in northeastern Brazil.
Some passengers were flung to the ceiling, with one video from aboard the aircraft showing a passenger being pulled out of an overhead luggage bin.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner carrying more than 300 passengers was received by 15 ambulances standing by the runway, authorities said.
An Air Europa flight from Madrid to Montevideo was diverted to northeastern Brazil on Monday after hitting turbulence that injured dozens.Claudio Fernandez Arbes / AFP - Getty ImagesMost of the injured were taken to the Monsenhor Walfredo Gurgel Hospital in Natal, the government of the surrounding state of Rio Grande do Norte said Monday in a post on X.
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