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Brutal Turbulence on JetBlue (JBLU) Flight Injures 24 People
This week has been a bumpy one for airliners.
On Thursday night, JetBlue Airways (JBLU - Free Report) flight 429 was en route from Boston to Sacramento when the airplane experienced some brutal turbulence. Passenger Derek Lindhal told CNN that a woman who was sitting in front of him rose two feet into the air in the cabin at one point because she wasn't wearing a seat belt.”
“I literally grabbed her out of the air to hold her to the seat,” said Lindahl.
The flight was forced to divert to Rapid City, South Dakota. 24 passengers and crew members were then taken to Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Flight 429 began its trip from Boston Logan International Airport at 5:45 PM EST on Thursday, and a replacement flight JetBlue sent to Rapid City eventually landed in Sacramento International Airport at 4:19 AM local time.
Another passenger, Rhonda Renee, told CNN that he turbulence was “like a bad dream.”
“People were flying out of their seat belts and hitting their head on the ceiling; it was very scary," Renee said.
Earlier in the week, Delta Air Lines (DAL - Free Report) experienced a power outage on Monday, affecting computer systems as well as the company’s global operations. 1,000 flights were cancelled on Monday, 775 on Tuesday, and 255 more on Wednesday.
JBLU stock has seen little movement in Friday trading, and is only down 0.21% so far.
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