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Continental Flight 128: Miami Emergency Landing After Turbulence
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by albertacowpoke | August 3, 2009 at 04:45 am
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A Continental Airlines Flight 128 enroute from Rio de Janeiro to Houston made an emergency landing in Miami at 5:35 local this morning the Boeing 767-200 had 168 passengers and 11 crew on board.
The aircraft encountered had encountered severe turbulence. Nine passengers were taken to local hospitals and 28 others were treated on scene.
According to a witness, the crew warned passengers of upcoming turbulence and the seatbelt sign was on. Some people were still moving in the cabin and some people did not do up their seatbelts. The witness said this is the worst turbulence he ever experienced.
The turbulence lasted about ten seconds.
Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- A Continental Airlines Inc. jet made an emergency landing in Miami after encountering turbulence en route from Rio de Janeiro to Houston.
The Boeing Co. 767-200 jet set down at 5:35 a.m. local time, and 9 passengers were transported to local hospitals and about 28 other people who were aboard were treated at the scene, Dave Messing, a spokesman for the Houston-based carrier, said today in an e-mailed statement. There were 168 passengers and 11 crew on board.
To contact the reporter on this story: Mary Jane Credeur in Atlanta at mcredeur@bloomberg.net
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at 15:20 on August 3rd, 2009
I can't understand these people who don't 'buckle up'. It is so important, cause if they don't care about their own safety, I care about mine. In air turbulence they become part of the flying debris adding to the danger.
at 19:33 on August 3rd, 2009
I understand what you are saying but sometimes turbulance comes out of nowhere...as they said. Therefore, people going to the bathroom or flight attendants don't have any warning to buckle up. It is obviously not their fault.
at 13:58 on August 4th, 2009
If turbulence is truly unexpected (rare these days) then maggiemay's point is valid. But in this case, passengers were warned about the turbulence, the seat-belt light was on and these people chose to ignore it. Some of them may not have heard it if they were sleeping or had noise-cancelling headphones on, but even so, the seat-belt should be on. And anyone standing in the aisle should not have been.
at 04:45 on August 6th, 2009
The captains know about the turblance, that call the flight attendants in the cabin, to advice everybody to put there set belts on and have a seat. They might not know how sereve it is but they knows its there I think they can see it on there techniolgy.
at 14:01 on August 4th, 2009
Thanks for this Hydro.
at 10:51 on August 5th, 2009
There aren't enough bathrooms on a plane to fit 26 people (or however many got hurt.) They took the risk, they didn't follow the instructions of the flight crew or the captain (isn't at a felony?) Instead of these people being arrested for breaking the law, they are going to file a giant law suit and retire rich. Don't you just love American tragedy. Woo Hoo, something horrible happened to me, I get to blame someone, and make a lot of money. It just doesn't get better than that!
at 04:42 on August 6th, 2009
See when I first heard about this story I knew people did not have there seat belts on and that is why so many people were flying around the cabin; why they were getting injuired.
at 06:19 on August 6th, 2009
A prophet in Africa saw this event coming. TB Joshua who is widely gaining recognition for his accurate international prophecies and the healings and miracles that occur in his ministry, prophesied live 2 weeks ago about the flight, mentioning a city in Florida and saying that the plane would land safely and the people would leave take alternative entrances to leave the plane but that everybody would be saved. He spoke this prophetic messgae to the world during his live servive on Emmanuel TV on Sunday 26th July, 2009. People should listen to this man...