A United Airlines flight from Nigeria to Washington, D.C., returned to Lagos after experiencing a technical issue and sudden aircraft movement. Thirty-eight passengers and crew members were injured, with six hospitalized. Video footage shows the passenger cabin in disarray.
Thirty-eight people were injured, six of them hospitalized, after a United Airlines flight from Nigeria to Washington, D.C., experienced problems midair, Nigerian officials said. The nature of the emergency wasn’t entirely clear, but video verified by NBC News shows the passenger cabin of the Boeing 787-8 in disarray after the incident, meal trays and food strewn about the floor and some of the aircraft’s headliner separated from the cabin’s ceiling.
Nigeria's airports authority said in its own statement that the six suffered 'serious' injuries and were stabilized at area medical facilities before being taken to Duchess Hospital in Ikeja. It said an additional 27 passengers and five crew members suffered minor injuries and were given first aid before being released 'immediately.
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