An airplane has been forced into an emergency landing in Brazil after dozens of passengers of the plane received injuries during extreme turbulence.
The airline, giving an account of the incident, stated, “Our flight bound for Montevideo was diverted to Natal due to strong turbulence. The plane landed normally and those injured of varying severity are already being treated.”
On their part, health officials in Brazil affirmed in a statement that 30 passengers had to be taken to hospitals in Natal with “minor abrasions or orthopaedic traumas”.
This particular incident reminds air travel watchers of a British man who died and more than 20 others injured about six weeks ago after severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight from London en route Singapore.
Some scientists who looked at the two recent incidents and others before said the plane turbulence could get worse as a result of climate change.
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