According to the company, the “strong movement” during the flight was caused by a “technical event”
A plane trip from Sydney to Santiago turned into a nightmare for more fifty passengers on board the flight Latam Airlines. The plane, approaching Auckland for a scheduled technical stop, suddenly lost altitude during the cruise phase, when there was about half an hour left until landing. Some passengers and flight attendants, who were unbelted, have hit his head against the ceiling. The toll of the accident, which occurred this night, is at least fifty injuredsome of which were hospitalized in hospital.
The Latam Airlines flight lost altitude
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During the Latam LA800 flight, on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, “a technical event” occurred which “caused a strong movement”, reads the press release issued by the company. “Some passengers and cabin crew were injured,” the statement read. However, the nature of the accident. According to what some of the people on board reported, the commander said he had lost the functionality of the instruments for a short time, then suddenly returned. Although it is quite strange for an airplane to lose altitude during the cruise phase, when the automatic pilot, for now this has been the only explanation, not even official. Because the company limited itself to talking about “a technical event”. Upon landing at Auckland Airport, the passengers were immediately rescued. Out of 50 people visited, 13 were transported to hospital for further checks and treatment. One of these would spill in serious condition.
a “sudden fall”
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According to international media reports, it appears that an air gap would have caused a sudden downward movement of the interior of the aircraft, causing injuries to passengers who were not wearing seat belts. The testimonies of passengers on board confirm a feeling of sudden fall during the flight. From the traces of Flightradar24 it seems that Latam Airlines’ Boeing 787 lost about 500 meters of altitude in 34 seconds.
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