Strong turbulence: at least 30 injured on an Istanbul-New York flight – 03/10/2019

A Turkish Airlines plane between Istanbul and New York has been turbulent Saturday who left 30 wounded before approaching the destination, before landing safely at Kennedy Airport, indicated official sources.

The wounded were transferred to local hospitals mainly with beatings, cuts and bruises.

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A hostess broke her legsaid Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates airports, bus terminals, bridges and tunnels.

Dozens of ambulances lined up in front of a JFK airport terminal in New York to quickly care for the wounded who were leaving the flight from Istanbul.

The Boeing 777, which was carrying 326 pbadengers and 21 crew members, was in the Atlantic Ocean, about 45 minutes after landing, when it was shaken by turbulence, Colema said. l & # 39; AFP.

The incident did not interfere with airport operations, he added. Turkish Airlines did not immediately respond to the consultations.

"Nobody said it or something, so we found out that something was wrong when it started," pbadenger Sead Nikaj told ABC News. "Then I see people start flying in. And I see blood everywhere, I had a woman by my side and she fell from her seat to the ground." Her entire back was completely bloody. , while someone who had a stewardess broke his leg, I think completely. "

Another pbadenger, Amir Mehrbakhsh, said he saw a man screaming frantically. "I think it was like making a religious song, and I kept hearing him say" Jesus, "as if he was visibly upset.

He said about the turbulence: "There was a second or two that was subtle, but then it was more violent." injured. "

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Earlier in the day, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Air Transat of Canada, which was flying from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with 189 pbadengers, landed at Newark Airport ( New Jersey). to detect smoke in the warehouse, said the company. There were no injuries, an airline spokeswoman told AFP.

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Source: AFP