Eleven people have been left injured after a Lufthansa flight from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt hit severe turbulence while travelling over the Atlantic on Monday.
‘Unfortunately, five passengers and six crew members suffered mostly minor injuries,’ a Lufthansa spokesperson told Reuters in an email, confirming a report by the DPA news agency.
‘The safety of the flight was not in jeopardy at any time,’ the spokesperson added.
The injured received medical treatment immediately after the aircraft landed safely at its planned destination on Tuesday at 10:53 am (0953 GMT), according to the airline.
The Boeing 747-8 had been carrying 329 passengers and 19 crew members. The turbulence was brief and occurred in an intertropical convergence zone, the company said.
Five passengers and six crew were taken to hospital after the flight landed
Emergency service vehicles transported the injured people to hospital.
