ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159680
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| Date: | 30-AUG-2013 |
| Time: | c. 12:00 |
| Type: |  Airbus A380-841 |
| Owner/operator: | Thai Airways International |
| Registration: | HS-TUA |
| MSN: | 087 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 526 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Hong Kong -
 Hong Kong
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | BKK |
| HKG |
Flight TG600 from Bangkok to Hong Kong ran into heavy air turbulence during descent.
About 20 passengers who had not yet fastened their belts were injured on head and neck.
One flight attendant suffered a broken collarbone.
The cabin ceiling showed several holes, caused by passengers' heads.
Sources:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/367183/passengers-crew-injured-as-flights-from-thaiiland-hit-air-turbulence-on-approach-to-hong-kong
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/thai-airways-a380-strikes-turbulence-injured-flight-hong-kong-18726/
Media:
Apparently 20 people with head injuries after severe turbulence on a Thai A380 here in HK airport pic.twitter.com/d2LlHmjC5T
— Matthew Allard (@mattaljazeera) August 30, 2013
Images:
Photo of HS-TUA courtesy AirHistory.net
London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)
30 November 2019; (c) Paul Seymour
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2013 18:39 | kaselten | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 18:45 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Nature, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2013 06:55 | harro | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
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