An American Airlines passenger sustained a serious injury during a flight from São Paulo, Brazil, to Miami on Saturday. Severe turbulence forced the flight to return nearly two hours into the flight after the traveler’s leg was reportedly fractured from the episode. Others were also injured, which prompted medical evaluations once back on the ground.
The incident occurred just days after two flight attendants were injured from moderate turbulence on an American flight from Tokyo to New York . Details of the incident The Aviation Herald was the first to report the incident. American confirmed the development in a statement to Simple Flying late Sunday.
“American Airlines flight 930 with service from Sao Paulo, Brazil (GRU) to Miami (MIA) returned to GRU after encountering turbulence while in flight.” AA930 was operated by a Boeing 777-200ER , registered as N753AN. Data from FlightAware shows the aircraft pushed back from gate 265 at São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport (GRU) on Saturday at 22:27.
It was on time for its eight-and-a-half-hour journey to Miami International Airport (MIA) . Interested in this route? Find flights between São Paulo & Miami right here! It taxied to runway 09L, where it became airborne at 22:48. The 777-200ER took off straight out, heading northeast as it climbed in altitude.
At about six minutes into the air and passing through 13,000 feet, the aircraft turned northwest and headed in the direction for another 10 minutes. It comes des.