Tuesday, December 16, 2014

American Airlines flight diverts because of turbulence- Josh Rudes Pd.4

An American Airlines flight heading to Dallas/Fort Worth from Seoul diverted to Narita, Japan Tuesday because of extreme turbulence. The turbulence injured at least 14 people in a cabin of 255 people, and 5 had to go to the hospital. The reason of the turbulence was the development of a winter storm over Japan. The storm was very strong, similar to a Nor'easter in American terms. The flight will not continue on Tuesday.

This would be a frightening flight to be on, given the abundance of plane problems recently. Luckily, it was just turbulence and the plane was able to land safely. People got out with only minor injuries, which I feel they should be lucky to have, as they could've easily been killed had the captain decided to keep flying.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/16/travel/feat-american-airlines-turbulence/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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