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36 people injured, including 11 seriously, after HNL-bound flight hits severe turbulence
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – At the least 36 folks had been injured, together with 11 significantly, Sunday after a Hawaiian Airways flight from Phoenix to Honolulu hit extreme turbulence about half-hour earlier than touchdown.
The turbulence despatched some passengers flying out of their seats and at the least one hit the ceiling.
Paramedics and emergency medical technicians handled passengers — ranging in age from 14 months to adults — for a protracted checklist of accidents, together with severe head accidents, cuts, bruises and lack of consciousness.
Firefighters, ambulance crews and the federal Plane Rescue Firefighting Crew had been known as to the airport for the “mass casualty emergency” about 11 a.m., assembly the plane at Gate 10A.
Of these injured, 20 folks had been taken to emergency rooms.
Eleven had been in severe situation and 9 had been in secure situation, a Honolulu EMS spokesperson stated.
The Nationwide Climate Service stated the extreme turbulence occurred at about 36,000 toes.
“We consider the flight could have gone by means of a thunderstorm, which can have prompted the extreme turbulence,” stated NWS meteorologist Genki Kino. “Throughout that point, there have been scattered thunderstorms in all places.”
Somebody onboard the flight recognized it as Hawaiian Airways Flight 35 from Phoenix to Honolulu.
Passenger Kaylee Reyes stated the extreme turbulence occurred about half-hour earlier than touchdown. Her mom had simply sat down when the incident occurred and hadn’t had an opportunity to buckle her seatbelt.
“She flew up and hit the ceiling,” Reyes stated, including the turbulence got here out of nowhere.
HNN has reached out to officers and Hawaiian Airways for extra particulars.
The incident comes as a robust chilly entrance begins to affect the state, bringing the specter of sturdy winds, torrential rains and thunderstorms.
This story is breaking. Please examine again for updates.
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Police on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday said they were investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines jet that arrived from Chicago.
Flight operator United Airlines said the area of the Boeing 787-10 was only accessible from the outside of the aircraft, adding that it was unclear how the deceased individual had gained access.
What we know so far
The body was found in one of the compartments housing the airplane’s landing gear after United Flight 202 from Chicago O’Hare International Airport landed at Kahului Airport.
“The wheel well was only accessible from outside of the aircraft. At this time, it is not clear how or when the person accessed the wheel well,” the airline said.
The Maui Police Department said it was “actively investigating” the grim discovery, but shared no further information.
Stowaways sometimes hide in the unpressurized wheel-houses of planes, or inside cargo holds, and can face temperatures of between minus 50 degrees and minus 60 degrees Celsius (minus 58 and minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit).
They also face the problem of a lack of oxygen when the plane is at altitude. The fatality rate is high for most of those who hide in wheel wells, but some people survive the journey.
Last year, a stowaway was discovered in the undercarriage bay of an Algerian carrier’s aircraft in Paris.
A person was also discovered alive in the wheel section of a Cargolux freight plane at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, which had traveled from South Africa via Kenya.
rc/rm (AP, Reuters)
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WAIMEA (HawaiiNewsNow) – Federal investigators are looking into what caused a plane to crash on Hawaii Island Monday.
The National Transportation Safety Board confirms it is looking into what caused a Cessna to go down at Parker Ranch in Waimea shortly before noon.
Investigators said preliminary information indicated the plane experienced a loss of engine power.
A witness said two people walked away from the aircraft on their own. No one was hurt.
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