At least 50 people injured in plane crash in New Zealand

Latam Airlines Flight LA800, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, landed at Auckland Airport on Monday afternoon. The flight normally stops in Auckland on its way to Santiago, Chile.

A Latam Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Santiago airport. Chile. Photo: Getty

A spokesman for the South American airline told the New Zealand Herald that a “technical issue” on the flight affected a number of crew and passengers, and said that ambulance crews treated about 50 people at the airport, with 13 taken to hospital for further treatment.

In a statement, Hato Hone St John Ambulance said the ambulance organisation responded to an incident at Auckland International Airport involving an aircraft following a call at 3.58pm local time on Monday.

A passenger said the plane suddenly “fell out of the sky” about two hours into the three-hour flight, throwing passengers out of their seats, some hitting the ceiling.

“The whole plane was screaming. Then the plane started to go down and I just thought, ‘Okay, that’s it,’” passenger Brian Jokat told local media outlet Stuff.

Radio New Zealand quoted a passenger on the flight, Jacinto, as saying there was a “mid-air drop.” “People were pretty badly injured,” he said, adding that some passengers were not wearing seat belts at the time.

Huy Hoang (according to NZH, ABC, Guardian)

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/it-nhat-50-nguoi-bi-thuong-trong-su-co-may-bay-o-new-zealand-post287525.html