7 hurt after Lufthansa flight experiences ‘significant turbulence,’ diverts to Washington D.C. area

Seven individuals on Lufthansa flight from Texas to Germany had been taken to hospitals Wednesday after the aircraft skilled “vital turbulence” and diverted to a Washington, D.C., space airport, officers stated.

Lufthansa Flight 469 was flying from Austin to Frankfurt when it encountered the turbulence and landed at Dulles Worldwide Airport within the Virginia suburbs of Washington, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority stated.

The aircraft landed safely on the airport at 9:12 p.m., the company stated.

Lufthansa didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Seven passengers had been taken to hospitals, the authority stated. Their circumstances weren’t instantly launched.

The Federal Aviation Administration stated the crew reported encountering extreme turbulence round 37,000 toes, whereas the plane was over Tennessee. The FAA will examine.

Turbulence, which the Nationwide Climate Service describes as irregular movement of the air ensuing from eddies and vertical currents, typically sends passengers to hospitals and forces sudden landings.

In December, 25 individuals on a Hawaiian Airways flight had been damage after a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu skilled turbulence. Eight individuals had been damage in June throughout a flight from Florida to Tennessee, which diverted to Alabama.