A Lufthansa flight traveling from Texas to Germany was diverted to Virginia's Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday evening because of turbulence that left some passengers injured, an airport spokesperson said.
Lufthansa Flight 469, which took off from Austin, experienced "significant turbulence" and landed safely at Dulles, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesperson Michael Cabbage said.Brief but severe turbulence happened about 90 minutes after takeoff and resulted in minor injuries to some passengers, a statement given to CNN by a Lufthansa spokesperson reads.
The crew of the Airbus A330 reported reported encountering the turbulence at an altitude of 37,000 feet over Tennessee, the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN.The FAA will investigate the incident, Gregor said.Susan Zimmerman was among the passengers on board Flight 469 when it encountered the severe turbulence on Wednesday.
"It was like unexpectedly free-falling for five seconds off the top of a rollercoaster, plates and glassware were up at the ceiling, and my purse from the floor flew behind me to the right." Once the plane settled, she said items from the dinner service had been littered throughout the cabin as though there had been a food fight on board.
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