Twelve individuals have been injured on Sunday throughout turbulence on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha that landed safely as scheduled in Eire, the Dublin Airport mentioned.
The aircraft, a Boeing B787-9, was flying over Turkey when it encountered turbulence, injuring six passengers and 6 crew members, the Dublin Airport mentioned on social media.
The flight landed in Dublin simply earlier than 1 p.m. native time and was met by emergency medical staff, the airport mentioned.
Passengers have been checked for accidents earlier than leaving the aircraft, and eight individuals have been taken to a hospital.
Dublin Airport mentioned that its operations weren’t affected and that the airline’s return flight to Doha was nonetheless scheduled to depart in a while Sunday.
Qatar Airways mentioned in a press release that “a small quantity” of passengers on the flight, QR017, had minor accidents.
“The matter is now topic to an inner investigation,” the airline mentioned. “The security and safety of our passengers and crew are our prime precedence.”
The flight lasted seven hours and 35 minutes in response to Flight Conscious, a flight monitoring web site. The flight continued for greater than three hours after passing over Turkey, in response to monitoring information.
The accidents come after a uncommon demise from turbulence occurred throughout a Singapore Airways flight on Tuesday.
A 73-year-old man from Britain died and dozens of individuals have been injured in the course of the flight, which left from London and was flying over Myanmar when it hit what the airline described as “sudden excessive turbulence.”
The aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER, made an emergency touchdown in Bangkok, Thailand.
Singapore Airways mentioned in a press release on Sunday that 40 passengers and a crew member who have been on the flight have been nonetheless hospitalized in Bangkok. There have been 211 passengers on the 13-hour flight.
Although turbulence on a flight will be intense and extreme, it’s uncommon for it to end in a demise.
There have been 163 passengers and crew members severely injured by turbulence on plane registered in the USA from 2009 to 2022, in response to the Federal Aviation Administration.
