8 injured as Mumbai-Kolkata flight hits severe turbulence

8 injured as Mumbai-Kolkata flight hits severe turbulence

Aritra SinghaUpdated: Monday, June 07, 2021, 09:53 PM IST
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Kolkata: Eight passengers’ sustained injuries as Kolkata- Mumbai Vistara flight got stuck into turbulence minutes before landing in Kolkata.

According to a statement of Vistara’s spokesperson, Flight UK775 operating Mumbai-Kolkata on June 7 encountered severe turbulence for 15 minutes before landing and also that Vistara will investigate the incident.

Four passengers out of eight injured are released after being given first-aid from a nearby private hospital near Kolkata airport and the other four are admitted in the hospital and one of them is critically injured, confirmed the hospital sources.

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