Transportation
Dozens of Passengers Hurt After Air Europa Flight Hits Severe Turbulence
- UX045 diverted to Brazil; was initially headed to Montevideo
- Images on X show passenger thrown to Dreamliner’s ceiling
A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, operated by Air Europa.
Photographer: Urbanandsport/NurPhoto/Getty Images
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Some forty passengers were injured when an Air Europa flight hit severe turbulence on its way from Madrid to Montevideo, Uruguay, the latest in a series of bumpy incidents that have rattled travelers.
Flight UX045 was diverted to Natal Airport on Brazil’s eastern coast following the episode, the Spanish airline said on X. Passengers suffered “abrasions and minor traumas” and were taken for treatment in Natal, the health secretariat of Brazil’s Rio Grande do Norte state told AFP.