Turbulence diverts Milan-bound U.S. flight to Canada

[mia]

Source: Reuters


Jan 24 An American Air plane was diverted to an airport in eastern Canada on Sunday after hitting heavy turbulence which led to injuries, an airport spokeswoman said.

The flight, which was bound for Milan from Miami, with 203 people on board landed at St. John's, Newfoundland, airport at around 8:30 p.m. EST and was met by emergency vehicles and ambulances.

"They had experienced some turbulence which resulted in injuries so they diverted to (St. John's)," said Sara Norris, spokeswoman St. John's International Airport.

Norris did not know how many people were injured. Of the 203 people on the flight, 192 are passengers and 11 crew.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/canada-americanair-diversion-idUSL2N15903D

[jberryhill]

1. Buckle up folks

Turbulence is not going to break the plane - it goes where the air does. But if the plane drops 10 feet at 30 mph - that's how hard you are going to hit the ceiling.

[SoapBox]

2. I never, ever take off my seatbelt...

Take off and landing, it IS low AND tight across my hip bones.

Other than to use a lav or get up once an hour to stretch, I always have my belt "comfortably" around me.

A loose seatbelt in an accident or severe turbulence is almost no good...the incident in San Francisco a couple years ago (Asiana, B777, 2013) had people with massive internal injuries BECAUSE they had loose belts and were thrown about violently, with the belt causing the damage.

Buckle it up tight during those critical phases of aircraft operation.

[a la izquierda]

3. I always keep my seatbelt on...

Even if it means I sleep a bit uncomfortably on long flights. Rather be uncomfortable than pancaked on the ceiling of the jet.

[Bernin]

4. This kind of incident

will be happening more and more in the near future.

More CO2 in the air causes more violent turbulence.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Turbulence. I don't like it.

[FLPanhandle]

6. I'm on over 150 flights a year for work

I always wear my seat belt.

If it was some passenger injured because they weren't wearing their seat belt, the other passengers were probably pretty annoyed at the idiot that got their flight diverted.