During a flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to Honolulu, Hawaii, 36 people were injured, eleven of them seriously, in severe turbulence.
Due to the extreme air turbulence at an altitude of 11.000 meters, some passengers were thrown out of their seats and at least one person hit the ceiling. The passengers suffered head injuries, bruises and lacerations, some even became unconscious, as reported by the online portal FVW. On board the Hawaiian Airlines A330 were 238 passengers and 11.00 crew members. According to the airline, the plane landed at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu around XNUMX a.m. local time on Sunday. Medical staff treated the injured passengers and crew members.