Women Breaks Leg on SAA Flight Due To Turbulence

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South African Airways has apologised to a passenger after she broke a leg when her flight from Washington hit turbulence.

Ronel Stevens was on flight SA 208 from Washington on November 24, when the aircraft encountered turbulence.

“I was asleep, stretched out over two seats when the aircraft hit an air pocket. My foot got caught in the armrest and broke in two places, above my right ankle.”

Turbulence Forecast reminds you that injuries usually only happen in turbulence when you are not properly fastened in your seat. This passenger was laying across seats and her leg was broken in the armrest.

Written by tb_neg on December 3rd, 2007 with 2 comments.
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Jon
#1. December 3rd, 2007, at 12:33 PM.

What really drives me nuts is when parents let their kids crawl all over the place not buckled in on flights. Last one we were on, they didn’t even bother buckeling up the kids when we were landing! Guess the flight attendents missed it when they did their pre-landing check…

Johnny
#2. December 12th, 2007, at 7:10 PM.

This is a great blog. I will be sure to visit again before I travel to the US again.

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