Today’s critical incident inflicting critical accidents to Hawaiian Airlines Passengers half-hour earlier than touchdown in Honolulu reveals the significance to put on seatbelts on planes.
A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus 330-243 working HA 35 left Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Sunday morning with 288 folks on board. The flight took off at 7.18 am and landed at Honolulu Daniel Okay Inouye International airport at 10.46 with greater than 36 injured passengers, and a damaged ceiling.
According to tweets, 11 passengers had been significantly injured on this flight resulting from turbulences.
Some passengers had been seen flying out of their seats and a number of other hitting the ceiling, others come knocked unconscious.
The pilot declared an emergency half-hour earlier than touchdown this passenger flight at Honolulu Daniel Okay Inouye International airport.
The Honolulu Airport Emergency Medical Services reviews responding to a “mass casualty emergency,”
Hawaiian Airlines hours later issued this assertion on Twitter:
HA35 from PHX to HNL encountered extreme turbulence and landed safely in HNL at 10:50 a.m. at the moment.
Medical care was offered to a number of friends & crewmembers on the airport for minor accidents whereas some had been swiftly transported to native Oahu hospitals for additional care.
We are supporting all affected passengers and workers and are persevering with to watch the scenario.
After a fantastic Saturday, the present climate in Hawaii is just not good. A flood advisory is in impact till 2:45 p.m. at the moment for the island of Molokai and till 3 p.m. for each Lanai and Maui resulting from extreme rainfall.
At 11:57 a.m., the radar confirmed heavy rain falling at a charge of 1 to 2 inches per hour for Maui. Forecasters stated heavy rainfall, with thunderstorms, is predicted to renew early this afternoon.
EMS spokesperson Shayne Enright stated in an e mail {that a} name got here in at the moment about an arriving Hawaiian Airlines flight that skilled turbulence roughly half-hour earlier than touchdown in Honolulu.
Severe climate warnings at the moment together with a excessive wind warning prompted some storm-related closures.
The flight was scheduled to reach at 10:58 a.m. at the moment at Terminal 1, gate A12, in line with Hawaiian Airlines flight standing.