Air New Zealand turbulence: Passenger describes 'flight from hell'Air New Zealand recently announced the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will service the Auckland to Vietnam route. A passenger onboard an Air New Zealand flight which struck severe turbulence, injuring four onboard, said crew members were "thrown up to the ceiling". Three cabin crew members and one passenger onboard received "minor injuries", an Air New Zealand spokeswoman said. The Air New Zealand spokeswoman said the aircraft encountered turbulence about 40 minutes into the flight, returning to Ho Chi Minh around 8.20am Sunday (New Zealand time). At the time Dave Reynolds, senior technical officer for the New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association, said the likely culprit was clear-air turbulence.

Source: Stuff October 09, 2016 21:39 UTC