40 injured as Malaysia Airlines hit by severe turbulence

Thirty four passengers and six crew members on a Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380-800, the biggest commercial airliner in use, flight from London Heathrow, have been hurt after it was hit by turbulence. The aircraft carrying 378 passengers on board at the time but managed to land safely at Kuala Lumpur.

Medical staff and senior Malaysia Airlines officials met the aircraft on arrival in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and treated injured passengers and crew.

“Malaysia Airlines has assisted the 378 passengers and crew onboard MH1 and sincerely apologises for any inconvenience caused by this weather event which was entirely beyond our control” according to a statement from the Airline.

A Facebook posting by Harith Azman “ I was one of the passengers in the plane and I think the pilot did the best they could to take us all home safely. My parents were in the toilet at that time and my father hit his head on the ceiling of the plane. The plane went into a very bad weather and caused the plane to free fall. The food weren’t served because the trolley was damaged.@

Another victim Shafiq Shahril tweeted “ I was in hospital in Ampang near Kuala Lumpur airport more than four hours after the plane touched down.”