Lufthansa flight diverted to Dulles after severe turbulence
A Lufthansa flight from Austin to Frankfurt in Germany was forced to divert to Dulles International Airport Wednesday evening after the plane encountered severe turbulence, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.Flight 469 landed “without incident” in northern Virginia around 9:10 p.m. local time, an FAA spokesman said in an email. The crew reported encountering severe turbulence at 37,000 feet over Tennessee, he added.
A passenger on the flight said the Airbus A330 went into “free fall” as the dinner service was getting underway. The passenger, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concern that Lufthansa would not provide compensation, said people and food “went flying into the air, hitting and even damaging the ceiling of the plane.”
Someone in the seat in front of the passenger was “badly hurt” with blood spattered over, the passenger said. The injured person was wheeled off the plane in a wheelchair, the passenger said. The passenger was traveling with a companion and both were unharmed, though their clothes were soiled with food and wine. The airline had offered to pay for a hotel room, the passenger said.The FAA said it would investigate the incident.
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