A Qatar Airways flight from Doha landed safely in Ireland as planned on Sunday after turbulence hit the aircraft, injuring 12 people, Dublin Airport said.
Dublin Airport said six passengers and six crew members were injured when the Boeing B787-9 encountered turbulence while flying over Turkey. Expressed on social media.
The flight landed in Dublin just before 1pm local time and was treated by emergency medical personnel, the airport said.
Passengers were checked for injuries before leaving the plane, and eight were taken to hospital.
Dublin Airport said its operations were not affected and the airline’s return flight to Doha was still scheduled to depart later on Sunday.
Qatar Airways said in a statement that a “small number” of passengers on flight QR017 suffered minor injuries.
The airline said: “This matter is currently under internal investigation. The safety of our passengers and crew is our top priority.”
The flight lasted 7 hours and 35 minutes According to Flight AwareFlight tracking website. According to tracking data, the plane continued to fly for more than three hours after flying over Türkiye.
The news comes after a rare fatality occurred on a Singapore Airlines plane during turbulence. Flight on Tuesday.
The plane, which took off from London, encountered what the airline called “sudden severe turbulence” while flying over Myanmar, killing a 73-year-old British man and injuring dozens of people.
The Boeing 777-300ER aircraft made an emergency landing in Bangkok, Thailand.
Singapore Airlines In a statement On Sunday, 40 passengers and one crew member on the 13-hour flight, which had 211 people on board, were still receiving treatment in Bangkok.
Although in-flight turbulence can be intense and severe, it rarely results in death.
According to statistics, from 2009 to 2022, a total of 163 passengers and crew members were seriously injured due to turbulence on aircraft registered in the United States. Federal Aviation Administration.
