An airplane has been forced into an emergency landing in Brazil after dozens of passengers of the plane received injuries during extreme turbulence.
At least 30 people were taken to hospital after the forced landing by the Air Europa flight said to be from the capital of Spain, Madrid.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, originally due to land in Montevideo, Uruguay, had to do the emergency landing in Natal airport, Brazil, around 2.30am local time on Monday, reports indicated on Tuesday.
Photographs and video clips of the turbulence showed passengers being treated for injuries, and some splatters of blood were visible.
The ceiling of the aircraft and some seats were damaged.
The airline, giving an account of the incident, stated, “Our flight bound for Montevideo was diverted to Natal due to strong turbulence. The plane landed normally and those injured of varying severity are already being treated.”
On their part, health officials in Brazil affirmed in a statement that 30 passengers had to be taken to hospitals in Natal with “minor abrasions or orthopaedic traumas”.
This particular incident reminds air travel watchers of a British man who died and more than 20 others injured about six weeks ago after severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight from London en route Singapore.
Some scientists who looked at the two recent incidents and others before said the plane turbulence could get worse as a result of climate change.