Lufthansa’s Boeing 747-8 had been carrying 329 passengers and 19 crew members (Picture: Reuters)
Chaos engulfed a Lufthansa flight from Argentina to Germany during severe turbulence.
Five passengers and six crew members suffered injuries as the Boeing 747-8 was thrown around by powerful air pockets over the Atlantic this morning.
The plane was travelling from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt with 329 passengers and 19 crew members on board when the incident happened.
It was reported that but five passengers who were not wearing their seatbelts were injured.
A Lufthansa spokesperson said: ‘Unfortunately, five passengers and six members of the crew suffered mostly minor injuries.
‘The safety of the flight was not in jeopardy at any time.’
Those wounded received medical treatment immediately after the aircraft landed safely at its planned destination at 9.53am, according to the airline.
Lufthansa described the turbulence as ‘brief’ and said that it happened in an intertropical convergence zone.
Data from FlightRadar24 showed that the plane climbed to 33,000ft before being hit by turbulence, after taking off from Ezeiza International Airport.
AirLive.net, an industry publication, reported that the jet climbed another 5,000ft to try and get around the pocket of bad weather.
It said: ‘The pilots tried to avoid the bad weather and climbed to 34,000 ft then 35,000 ft but five passengers who didn’t wear their seat belt were injured during the incident.’
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