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11 hurt by turbulence throughout Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt

Eleven individuals were hurt when a Lufthansa flight from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt hit extreme turbulence while travelling over the Atlantic, the airline said on Tuesday.

Regrettably, five passengers and six crew members suffered mainly minor injuries, a Lufthansa representative told Reuters in an e-mail, verifying a report by the DPA news agency.

The safety of the flight was not in jeopardy at any time, the representative included.

The injured gotten medical treatment instantly after the aircraft landed securely at its planned destination on Tuesday at 10:53 am (0953 GMT), according to the airline company.

The Boeing 747-8 had been bring 329 passengers and 19 crew members. The turbulence was quick and occurred in an intertropical merging zone, the business stated.

In May, a passenger passed away of a thought cardiovascular disease and 30 were hurt when a Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft was badly jolted by an air pocket over the Irrawaddy Basin in Myanmar.

(source: Reuters)