A business jet was buffeted by severe turbulence caused a rare passenger death and forcing the aircraft to divert to a Connecticut airport.
Earlier this week, seven people were hurt badly enough to be transported to hospitals after a Lufthansa Airbus A330 experienced turbulence while flying from Texas to Germany. The plane was diverted to Virginia's Washington Dulles International Airport.ALSO SEE: 5 hospitalized after plane hits turbulence on United Airlines flight
"I can't remember the last fatality due to turbulence," said Robert Sumwalt, a former NTSB chair and executive director of the Center for Aviation and Aerospace Safety at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Turbulence accounted for more than a third of accidents on larger commercial airlines between 2009 and 2018, according to the NTSB.Copyright © 2023 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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