China Eastern Airlines passengers injured as plane hits turbulence while landing in Sydney
Five people suffer suspected spinal injuries and two others also hurt on board aircraft from Kunming on Tuesday afternoon
Seven passengers suffered injuries requiring hospital treatment when a China Eastern Airlines aircraft was hit by serious turbulence just as it was landing at Sydney Airport on Tuesday afternoon, mainland media reported.
Flight MU777, which had departed from Kunming on Tuesday morning, had “encountered terrible turbulence while landing” at about 2.30pm, China Central Television reported.
Five passengers who suffered suspected spinal injuries were among seven people who needed hospital treatment following the landing, the International Business Times’s Australian edition reported.
Two elderly people were among the injured people being treated in hospital, the newspaper said.
