Honolulu, Dec 19 (AP) Nearly a dozen folks have been severely injured when a flight to Hawaii was rocked by extreme turbulence on Sunday about half-hour outdoors Honolulu, an emergency response company mentioned.

Eleven folks have been hospitalized in severe situation and 9 others have been in steady situation, the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services mentioned in an announcement. It mentioned a name got here in shortly after 11 a.m. in regards to the accidents on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Phoenix. Responders handled 36 folks and of these, 20 folks have been transported for additional medical therapy.

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The assertion mentioned the injuries included a severe head damage, lacerations, bruising and lack of consciousness.

Passenger Kaylee Reyes informed Hawaii News Now that her mom had simply sat down when the turbulence hit, and didn’t have an opportunity to buckle her security belt.

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“She flew up and hit the ceiling,” Reyes mentioned.

Hawaiian Airlines in an announcement mentioned 13 passengers and three crew members have been taken to space hospitals for additional care. The airline mentioned the airplane was carrying 278 passengers and 10 crewmembers and landed safely in Honolulu about 10:50 a.m.

The differing variety of accidents couldn’t instantly be reconciled.

Thomas Vaughan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Honolulu, mentioned there had been a climate advisory out for thunderstorms that included Oahu and areas that will have included the flight path on the time of the incident. (AP)

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