Five passengers and six crew members suffered minor injuries after the Boeing 747-8, which was travelling from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt, experienced severe turbulence.
Eleven people have been left injured after a Lufthansa flight was hit with severe turbulence while en route from Argentina to Germany.
The Boeing 747-8 was travelling from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt when it encountered a brief period of severe turbulence over the Atlantic on Monday.
Five passengers and six crew members suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident.
The injured received medical treatment immediately after the aircraft landed safely at Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday at 9.53am (GMT), according to the airline.
Lufthansa said the turbulence was “brief” and occurred in an “intertropical convergence zone”, which is a band of low pressure around the Earth.
There were 329 passengers and 19 crew members on board and Lufthansa’s special assistance team has been providing support to the affected passengers.
Source: https://news.sky.com/story/lufthansa-flight-to-frankfurt-leaves-11-injured-after-turbulence-13253260