Panic in the air: a strong turbulence on a flight to New York has left at least 30 injured

A Turkish Airlines plane traveling to Istanbul on Saturday between New York and New York has experienced severe turbulence, wounding 30 people when it arrived at its destination. The aircraft managed to land safely at Kennedy Airport and the pbadengers were transferred to the nearest hospitals.

Dozens of ambulances lined up in front of an airport terminal to pick up injured pbadengers who landed as soon as possible from the Boeing 777 of Istanbul.

Steve Coleman, spokesman for the Port Authority for New York and New Jersey, told the agency The badociated press 28 people were transferred to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Queens, after the plane got off at 5:35 on Saturday afternoon. Two others were seen at Queens Hospital Medical Center. A hostess had a broken leg, according to Coleman.

The plane, which had 326 pbadengers and 21 crew members, was on the Atlantic Ocean, about 45 minutes after landing, when it was shaken by turbulence. .

The US Air Force Authority (FAA) said in a statement that the plane had landed at JFK after "declare an emergency and report that several pbadengers have been injured by the turbulence".

For its part, Turkish Airlines regretted what happened in another note at dawn on Sunday and said the incident occurred about 40 minutes before its arrival at the New York airport, confirming the number of injured, the seriousness of injuries and medical examinations. .

On the same Saturday, there was another aerial incident in the New York metropolitan area, with Newark, New Jersey airport having suspended operations for about an hour due to the landing. emergency of an aircraft due to an alleged fire inside the aircraft. left a balance of two wounded.