Involuntary stopover
Several slightly injured: Lufthansa plane landed in Washington due to severe turbulence
A Lufthansa Airbus en route from Texas to Frankfurt made a stopover in Washington due to severe turbulence (A Lufthansa Airbus en route from Texas to Frankfurt made a stopover in Washington due to severe turbulence )
Moment of shock in a Lufthansa plane on the way from Texas to Frankfurt: Several passengers were slightly injured due to severe turbulence. The Airbus then landed unscheduled in Washington. Condor passengers experienced a similar incident.
Due to severe turbulence, a Lufthansa plane made an unscheduled landing in Washington on Wednesday evening (local time) on its way from the USA to Frankfurt. A company spokesman said when asked by the German Press Agency that individual people were slightly injured by the turbulence. The affected passengers were given first aid on board by the flight attendants trained for these cases.
Lufthansa crew opts for a stopover
After flying through the turbulence, the cockpit crew of flight LH469 – according to flight data analyst Cirium an Airbus A330-300 – decided to make an alternate landing at Dulles International Airport, it said. We regret the inconvenience caused to the passengers.
According to Lufthansa, the air movements were so-called clear air turbulence, which can occur without visible weather phenomena and prior warning. The machine, which started in Austin, Texas, was caught in turbulence 90 minutes after taking off. According to US media reports, the airport operator in Washington – the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority – and the US aviation authority FAA announced that seven people had been taken to hospitals.
Several injured in Condor plane to Mauritius
Several people were also injured in a Condor machine due to turbulence. A Condor spokeswoman said on Thursday that a total of around 20 injuries had been reported to passengers and crew members who were on the way from Frankfurt to Mauritius. Those affected would be medically examined. Some had bruises. No information could be given about the exact severity of the injuries.
The plane with 272 passengers and 13 crew members got into turbulence about two hours before landing at the airport near the capital Port Louis. The plane landed safely at 6:29 a.m. local time. Flight DE 2314 took off from Frankfurt on Wednesday at 4:10 p.m. There was damage in the cabin of the machine that now needs to be examined.