2014-07-16 14:56 Agencies Web Editor:
Wang Fan
Twenty-five people were injured when a passenger jet from South Africa to
Hong Kong hit turbulence on Wednesday, police said, with two men seriously hurt
and hospitalized in the southern Chinese city.
Local television images showed ambulances on the tarmac at Hong Kong's
airport taking away the injured, who were on a South African Airways jet from
Johannesburg which landed at around 12:30 pm (0430 GMT).
Hong Kong airport authorities said they were notified by the plane's captain
at 11:00 am that they would need help from emergency services when they came
into land.
"There was a plane that flew in from South Africa that saw multiple
passengers injured when it encountered turbulence," a police spokeswoman told
AFP.
Twelve men and 13 women were injured, police said, with two men seriously
hurt. Details of their injuries were not immediately known.
South African Airways could not immediately comment when contacted by AFP but
an online flight tracking system said the plane was a four-engined Airbus
A340-300.
Authorities could not confirm the total number of passengers on board.
South African Airways is the country's national carrier and one of the
continent's leading airlines.
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