‘Turbulence’ injures a passenger

Passenger was injured because he was not wearing his seatbelt.

ISLAMABAD:

A passenger on board Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Multan to Islamabad was slightly injured when the aircraft encountered turbulence on Friday, sources said.

The plane hit an “air-pocket”, causing it to drop several hundred feet before it landed at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport.

One of the passengers, Mohammad Noor Deen, a resident of Multan, was injured when he was thrown out of his seat L-49 because he was not wearing his seatbelt.

His head hit the sideboard. However, everybody else remained unhurt. The injured passenger was given treatment after the plane landed.



Published in The Express Tribune, August 14^th, 2011.