Hawaiian Airlines plane hits severe turbulence on flight from Honolulu to Sydney
The plane was carrying 163 passengers and 12 crew members on Thursday when it “encountered unexpected severe turbulence approximately five hours into the flight,” said a statement from the airline.She described one man going upward, hitting his head on the ceiling and dropping back down.
“I haven’t heard from the airline at all even though both my children who were on the flight sustained minor injuries,” another passenger, Tara Goodall, told The Associated Press Monday. She said she wasn’t yet ready to discuss the turbulence in more detail because she was still upset and emotional about it.
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