We’ve seen a number of tales recently of flights encountering extreme turbulence. Within the newest such incident, an Air Europa flight encountered turbulence so dangerous {that a} passenger actually obtained caught within the overhead bin, and needed to be rescued.
Air Europa Boeing 787 encounters extreme turbulence
This incident entails the June 30, 2024, Air Europa flight scheduled to function from Madrid, Spain (MAD) to Montevideo, Uruguay (MVD), with the flight quantity UX45. The flight was operated by a six-year-old Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with the license plate EC-MTI, with 345 individuals onboard.
The flight was cruising at 36,000 ft over the Atlantic Ocean, when it encountered extreme turbulence. The jet then diverted to the closest airport, which was in Natal, Brazil (NTI). Round 30 passengers have been injured, with some accidents being minor, and a few being extra severe. Fortuitously no passengers are in essential situation.
Passengers report that the pilot acknowledged that this was an incident of clear air turbulence. Air Europa despatched a rescue Boeing 787-9 to close by Recife, Brazil (REC), as passengers who weren’t nonetheless hospitalized have been then flown to Montevideo, after spending an evening in a resort.
The photographs of the cabin are completely wild, with all types of fuselage panels falling off, and seats even breaking.
One passenger obtained caught within the overhead bin
Maybe probably the most surprising factor about this Air Europa incident is that one passenger someway even obtained lodged above the overhead bin, and was caught there. He needed to be rescued by different passengers, and be pulled down.
The footage of that is completely wild, as you simply see some ft protruding from above the overhead bin. Yow will discover the video beneath. I attempt to keep away from posting grim footage, so let me observe that it looks like he’s okay and it’s not too graphic, or else I wouldn’t publish this.
I don’t even actually perceive the logistics of how one thing like that would occur. I’ve heard of individuals “flying” towards the ceiling in extreme turbulence in the event that they’re not buckled in, however how do you not solely fly up, however to the facet, so that you just get caught on this approach?
Backside line
An Air Europa Boeing 787 encountered extreme turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean, whereas enroute from Madrid to Montevideo. The flight diverted to Natal, Brazil, the place a number of passengers have been hospitalized. These sorts of incidents are at all times scary, and a very good reminder to maintain your seatbelt fixed every time seated, and to look at the seatbelt signal.
Essentially the most surprising a part of all that is seeing somebody actually lodged in (or above) an overhead bin, as one has to marvel how that would even occur.
What do you make of this Air Europa extreme turbulence incident?
