Severe turbulence hits Vistara flight, 8 injured

[RoadRomeo]

By: ENS Economic Bureau | New Delhi |
Updated: June 8, 2021 12:15:54 am

Injured passengers were provided first aid during flight and immediate medical assistance upon arrival in Kolkata, a spokesperson said. (Representational Image)

As many as eight passengers were injured on a Vistara flight from Mumbai to Kolkata on Monday, which encountered severe turbulence 15 minutes before landing. Of the eight, while five suffered only minor injuries, three were taken to the hospital.

“Three passengers after review at airport medical facility were taken to hospital. One passenger has been discharged while other two are under going X-ray diagnostic for any bone related injury,” sources in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.

They added that while one of the passengers, a 61-year-old, received fracture in her right hand, another, aged 77, suffered spinal tenderness injury. The third passenger, aged 36, received minor cut on forehead and was released after being administered first-aid.

 

The flight UK775 was being operated on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and was carrying 113 passengers on board. It departed from Mumbai at 1.48pm and arrived into Kolkata at 4.28pm

 

“We are saddened by this unfortunate experience our customers had, and are closely monitoring the health status of those injured. We are investigating the incident on priority, and will share a further update at the earliest,” a Vistara spokesperson said.

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Boeing 737 antene 

[mirchi_bajji]

Seat belts pettukomani urke anaru.  Ppl can get seriously injured. Wanted to see if the ppl who got injured had them buckled up.

[Anta Assamey]

[covid1990]

vammo

[quickgun_murugun]

17 minutes ago, covid1990 said:

vammo

Flight ekkalanna digalanna adrushtam undali

[jalsa01]

5 hours ago, DummyVariable said:

Boeing 737 antene 

Adi max flight ire issue anukunta..

[vachesa]

6 hours ago, mirchi_bajji said:

Seat belts pettukomani urke anaru.  Ppl can get seriously injured. Wanted to see if the ppl who got injured had them buckled up.

I couldn’t find anywhere that those injured weren’t buckled up.

Interested to see more details, it’s scary to know you can get injured even if you had your belt on.

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29 minutes ago, vachesa said:

I couldn’t find anywhere that those injured weren’t buckled up.

Interested to see more details, it’s scary to know you can get injured even if you had your belt on.

 

7 hours ago, mirchi_bajji said:

Seat belts pettukomani urke anaru.  Ppl can get seriously injured. Wanted to see if the ppl who got injured had them buckled up.

akkada injuries are right hand fracture, spinal compression, and forehead injury.. all three are possible with seat belts as well.. turbulence eppudanna experience chesaara bros?

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3 hours ago, jalsa01 said:

Adi max flight ire issue anukunta..

737-800 also crashed in india a few times.

[Gnan_anna]

3 hours ago, MRI said:

 

akkada injuries are right hand fracture, spinal compression, and forehead injury.. all three are possible with seat belts as well.. turbulence eppudanna experience chesaara bros?

Yep experienced it while flying from Mumbai to have Hyderabad.