Hawaiian Airlines flight to Sydney: Three passengers hospitalised after ‘severe turbulence’
Flight chaos as three passengers are rushed to hospital after plane is hit by ‘severe turbulence’
- Three passengers taken to hospital
- 12 treated on landing in SYD
- Took place five hours into a nine hour flight
Three passengers on board a Qantas flight from Hawaii to Sydney have been hospitalized after the flight experienced “severe turbulence.”
Hawaiian Airlines Flight HA451 was hit by high winds about five hours into the nine-hour, forty-five-minute flight on Friday.
Emergency services awaited the occupants when the plane landed at Sydney Airport just before 8 p.m.
The aircraft was carrying 163 passengers and 12 crew members.
NSW Ambulance confirmed 12 people were assessed at the scene before three were rushed to hospital.
Three passengers on board a Qantas flight from Hawaii to Sydney have been hospitalized after the flight experienced ‘severe turbulence’ (stock photo)
“(The) service from Honolulu to Sydney encountered unexpected severe turbulence,” said an airline spokesman told 7NEWS.
“Four passengers and three flight attendants were initially treated by an onboard doctor and our crew members, in consultation with doctors on the ground.”
“Two passengers were taken to St George and one passenger was taken to Prince of Wales,” a spokesman said.
The specific aircraft is now undergoing a ‘thorough inspection’, which will affect the departure time of flight HA452 from Sydney to Honolulu.
More to come.