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Twenty people, including 3 formation attendants, were injured aft a Hawaiian Airlines formation en way to Honolulu experienced terrible turbulence, successful what's being called a "very rare" event, according to officials.
Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35 was flying from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport successful Honolulu erstwhile the pilots reported terrible turbulence astir 10:30 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time connected Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration said successful a statement.
The Airbus A330 was astir 30 minutes extracurricular of Honolulu erstwhile it began experiencing turbulence, according to Honolulu EMS. The formation landed safely successful Honolulu astatine astir 10:50 a.m., according to a connection from Hawaiian Airlines.
Officials said paramedics and exigency aesculapian technicians who responded to the country treated 36 patients.
Jon Snook, Hawaiian Airlines COO, said during a property league that 20 injuries person been recorded, and 13 radical were transported to section hospitals, including 3 unit members. Seven of those injured were initially triaged arsenic serious, and 9 were triaged arsenic minor, according to Jim Ireland, manager of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department.
No 1 is successful captious information astatine this time, officials said.
Officials had said earlier Sunday that 11 patients were initially listed arsenic successful superior condition, portion 9 were listed arsenic successful unchangeable condition.
They're "grateful that it seems astatine this infinitesimal that nary of those guests that were transported to [the] infirmary are successful captious condition," Snook said.
Seats successful the exigency exit enactment of a airplane are seen successful an undated banal photo.
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The youngest diligent treated was 14 months old, according to Honolulu EMS.
Injuries included caput lacerations, bumps, bruises and nonaccomplishment of consciousness, officials said, and respective radical experienced nausea and vomiting.
The seatbelt motion was connected astatine the clip of turbulence, Snook said. There was unstable aerial successful the country but nary informing that the peculiar spot of aerial was dangerous, officials said. Specifics connected however overmuch altitude was mislaid were not instantly available.
The formation unit declared an exigency and made a nonstop descent into the airdrome wherever exigency responders were staged, officials said.
This benignant of lawsuit is "very rare," Honolulu EMS Director Jim Ireland said.
There were 278 passengers and 10 unit members connected committee the flight, the hose said.
"We consciousness it's fortunate that determination were not immoderate deaths oregon different captious injuries," Ireland said. "And we're besides precise hopeful that each volition retrieve and marque a afloat recovery, and our thoughts are with each of them and their families. It was a squad effect today."
The FAA is investigating the incident, the bureau said. The National Transportation Safety Board volition besides beryllium progressive successful the investigation, officials said.
ABC News' Marilyn Heck and Alex Stone contributed to this report.
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