At least six passengers and six crew members were injured on the flight even though the flight landed safely as scheduled at 1 pm (12:00GMT), the statement said on Sunday.
No fewer than 12 people have sustained injuries after a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin was hit by turbulence while flying over Turkey, according to Dublin airport authorities.
At least six passengers and six crew members were injured on the flight even though the flight landed safely as scheduled at 1 pm (12:00GMT), the statement said on Sunday.
There were emergency services available when the aircraft landed, Al Jazeera reports.
The statement said eight passengers were taken to hospital in Dublin following assessment after they disembarked.
In a statement, Qatar Airways confirmed that the flight, a Boeing B787-9 from Doha to Dublin, landed safely.
“A small number of passengers and crew sustained minor injuries in flight and are now receiving medical attention,” read the statement. “The matter is now subject to an internal investigation.”
The incident comes less than a week after a Singapore Airlines flight from London was hit by severe turbulence. It claimed the life of one person while more than 30 others were injured.
The Singapore-bound Boeing 777-300ER was diverted to Bangkok and landed at 15:45 local (08:00 GMT).
The airline said in a statement that the flight SQ 321 was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew.
On May 9, a Boeing 737-85R belonging to Corendon Airlines tagged XC1031 suffered a nose landing gear failure after landing on runway 08 at Gazipasa Airport (GZP) in Turkey.
This was disclosed by the Aviation Safety Network (ASN) in a post shared on X, stating that the flight moved from Bonn-Konrad Adenauer Airport to Gazipasa-Alanya Airport.
ASN described the damage as substantial but stated that no fatality was recorded from the incident.
SaharaReporters earlier that Thursday reported that 10 people were injured on Wednesday (previous day) when a Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital.
This was confirmed by the country’s transport minister, Malick Ndiaye who revealed that the affected aircraft was an Air Sénégal flight operated by TransAir.
He said the plane was headed to Bamako late Wednesday with 79 passengers, two pilots and four cabin crew members.
The injured persons were being treated at a hospital, while the others were taken to a hotel to rest, the minister confirmed.
Corendon Airlines flight XC1031, a Boeing 737-85R, suffered a failure of the nose landing gear after landing on runway 08 at Gazipasa Airport (GZP), Turkey. https://t.co/WesT7yUAgM https://t.co/KzHAih9ctN
— Aviation Safety Network (ASN) (@AviationSafety) May 9, 2024
Meanwhile, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will leave the company at the end of the year amid a major management shakeup.
Calhoun said in March that he would leave by 2024 ending.
Boeing’s chairman and the head of the commercial airplane unit are also leaving.
Boeing’s chairman, Larry Kellner, will not stand for re-election as a board director. Meanwhile, the board has elected former Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf to succeed him.
The company also announced that Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, is retiring.
Boeing planes have had issues in recent times including two fatal crashes of the 737 Max in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people, and recently a door plug that blew out of the side of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max in January, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane.
The problems have led to multiple groundings for safety issues and more than $31 billion in cumulative losses.