“Strong tremor” during Latam flight to New Zealand leaves at least 50 injured, 12 of them hospitalized

Around 50 people were injured and 12 of them hospitalized after a “strong jolt” during a Sydney-Auckland flight on a Latam plane due to a “technical failure” that caused the plane to fall suddenly, the passenger and services company said. of emergency. New Zealand.

The injured, one with a serious prognosis and the others with moderate and minor injuries, were treated by medical services after the aircraft, one Boeing 787-9 Dreamlinerwill land at the airport in the New Zealand city of Auckland.

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“Flight LA800, which currently operates the Sydney-Auckland route, had a technical problem during the flightwhich caused a strong shock (…) As a result of the incident, some passengers and cabin crew were affected”, he noted. Latin America in a brief statement sent to EFE.

While the Chilean airline did not provide details about the technical failure or when the incident occurred, A passenger told EFE about a “sudden crash” about 45 minutes before landing.

“I was falling asleep, sitting by the window in a row of three seats, and with the jolt I opened my eyes and saw my companion in the aisle on the roof of the plane, which was falling… I thought I was dreaming“, Brian Adam Jokat, a 61-year-old Canadian who was traveling for EFE, told EFE. Auckland Meet friends.

Jokat, who he was wearing his seat belt and said he was “100% fine”, assured that before the incident “there was no turbulence, nothing, no warning”is that In “a few seconds the plane straightened up again”, leaving passengers lying on the ground, with wounds, cuts and bleeding.

“At first there were screams, then just silence,” says Jokat, whose statement matches what other passengers told New Zealand media.

The Hone St. Emergency Service New Zealand told EFE today in a statement that his staff evaluated and served a total of 50 peopleof which one is in “serious” conditionwithout their nationality having yet been revealed, and the rest have “moderate” or “mild” injuries.

Of the total number of injured, 12 patients were transferred to an Auckland hospitalthe St. John spokesperson added.

According to the Flightradar page, The plane dived approximately 100 meters after having covered approximately two thirds of its routedropping suddenly from an altitude of 41,000 feet to about 40,692.

The aircraft, which After Auckland I had to go to Santiago de Chileflight that was suspended, landed in the New Zealand city at around 3:58 pm local time (03:58 GMT), “as planned”, said Latam.

O airline informed that a new flight (LA1130) is scheduled to cover the aforementioned route on March 12th, departing from Auckland to 8pm local time (0200 GMT), and has until then provided food and accommodation to those affected.

Latam also emphasizes that it “deeply regrets any inconvenience and damage caused to passengers”. and reiterates its “commitment to security”.

He flight L800 between Sydney and Santiago de Chile with a stopover in Auckland It is very popular among the tens of thousands of Latin American immigrants who travel to their home countries.

The event coincides with the opening of a criminal investigation into Boeing by the US Department of Justice, on the eve of an incident that occurred in January on a different model aircraft (737-9 MAX) operated by Alaska Airlines, in which a prominent panel in mid-flight, reported the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

In a statement, released by The Wall Street Journal, Boeing considers the opening of the investigation “normal” and claims to be “fully cooperating”.

Source: Elcomercio

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