On Saturday, as many as 30 people were injured after a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York struck an unexpected patch of severe turbulence just 45 minutes prior to landing.
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"There was like one or two seconds when it was subtle, but then it really started to pick up," passenger Amir Mehrbakhsh told the AP. "... Just because the drop was so sudden, a lot of people got lifted up and hit their head either on the ceiling or on the side of the plane, and so there were a lot of injuries pretty quickly."
AP reported that one of the passengers had a broken leg and others suffered bumps, bruises and cuts.
Now, what happens when a a flight hits an air pocket? Here's a demo video of what happens during such a situation. The video, from an unknown source, has been widely shared on social media.
