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Posted by: Cornelia Stefoglu

News / International

12 July 2019 / 08:31

At least 35 people injured on Air Canada flight headed to Australia

At least 35 passengers were wounded when an Air Canada flight on its way to Sydney encountered severe turbulence, CNN reports.

After leaving Vancouver on Thursday, Air Canada flight 33 was forced to land at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, the airline said.

The flight, which was carrying 269 passengers and 15 crew members, was about two hours past Hawaii when it hit "unforecasted and sudden turbulence," the airline said.

The plane was flying at 36,000 feet and was approximately 600 miles southwest of Honolulu during the incident, said Ian Gregor, a spokesman with the Federal Aviation Administration.

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