11 passengers significantly injured amid turbulence on Hawaii flight | World News

Practically a dozen folks have been significantly injured when a flight to Hawaii was rocked by extreme turbulence on Sunday about half-hour exterior Honolulu, an emergency response company mentioned.

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Eleven folks have been hospitalized in critical situation and 9 others have been in secure situation, the Honolulu Emergency Medical Companies mentioned in a press release. It mentioned a name got here in shortly after 11 a.m. concerning the accidents on a Hawaiian Airways flight from Phoenix. Responders handled 36 folks and of these, 20 folks have been transported for additional medical therapy.

The assertion mentioned the injuries included a critical head damage, lacerations, bruising and lack of consciousness.

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Passenger Kaylee Reyes informed Hawaii News Now that her mom had simply sat down when the turbulence hit, and didn't have an opportunity to buckle her security belt.

“She flew up and hit the ceiling,” Reyes mentioned.

Hawaiian Airways in a press release mentioned 13 passengers and three crew members have been taken to space hospitals for additional care. The airline mentioned the airplane was carrying 278 passengers and 10 crewmembers and landed safely in Honolulu about 10:50 a.m.

The differing variety of accidents couldn't instantly be reconciled.

Thomas Vaughan, a meteorologist with the Nationwide Climate Service in Honolulu, mentioned there had been a climate advisory out for thunderstorms that included Oahu and areas that will have included the flight path on the time of the incident.