Posted on 02/19/2014 5:04:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
A group of passengers who departed San Francisco yesterday aboard Cathay Pacific Airways landed in the hospital after the plane hit some mega turbulence, tossing passengers from their seats.
CBS delivered the scary news this morning, detailing the overseas trip which got a lot bumpy as the plane cruised over Japan. The 747-400, which was carrying 321 passengers and 21 crew members, encountered the turbulence near Hokkaido around noon Hong Kong time Tuesday. It lasted about two minutes.
At least one passenger described the flight as a roller coaster ride.
Passengers were tossed from their seats, and some were thrown into the overhead bins. In total, nine people were injured, including two crew members and six passengers. They were taken to the hospital once the plane landed in Hong Kong Tuesday evening, according to CBS News.
Vincent Sunder, who was flying to India after traveling to San Francisco on business, spoke to the news station via phone, and said he felt like he was riding on a bull for two minutes.
"It was extremely scary because it was throwing you up and down, sideways. Quite a few people in front of me were thrown up from the seats. A few of them even hit the ceiling of the aircraft," Sunder said. "We had a couple of baggage vents opening up and bags flying out."
Even bull riding sounds more fun.
have they blamed global warming yet?
Passengers were tossed from their seats, and some were thrown into the overhead bins...
Now that is something I’d like to see. I can’t even get my carry-on into an overhead bin and yet a little turbulance can send a passenger into one! Must have been a small asian.... :)
“Secret....Aaaasian Man!”
with enough force they can get us into a tin can I bet. lol
Now There’s a man who leads a life of danger!
I can pretty much assure you that if I ever experienced a flight like that, and lived to tell about it, I wouldn’t fly again.
Welcome to modern air travel!
As advised by the crew, one should ALWAYS keep their seat-belt fastened during the flight.
My extra advice...Go to the toilet just before boarding.
There is a simpler solution. I would just tighten the seat belt.
Didn’t the same thing just happen on a US flight? I think it landed in Minnesota or someplace like that. The passengers were mostly OK I think because they were already belted in for the landing, but some of the flight attendants got pretty banged up.
“I can pretty much assure you that if I ever experienced a flight like that, and lived to tell about it, I wouldn’t fly again.”
Several years back I was on a 767 flight from Houston to Newark to when we hit some serious turbulence. It was so bad they had to route us around a storm and we wound up coming in from upstate NY.
I was in the back of the plane. We were tossed all over the place, people were injured, vomit everywhere.
I now fly only when it is absolutely necessary. Two years ago my company sent me to Amsterdam to do a job. I asked them if I could go by ocean liner. It was the scariest 8 hours of my life and the ride was smooth sailing.
Global climate change.
What, and miss out on getting molested by the apes from TSA?
Usually the long flights over oceans are pretty good. Most of the time they can avoid bad weather unless it is near the departure or destination.
Now, mountains in the winter with an active weather pattern are not so good.
To avoid T-storms, avoid flying around dusk.
But, I don’t know why, but that light/ medium chop on the plane as always bothered me a lot more than more vigorous pitching on the sea.
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