Behind Camila Alves there are scary moments. Hollywood star’s wife Matthew McConaughey was on board one LufthansaMachine that had to make an unscheduled landing in Washington on Wednesday evening (local time) on its way from the USA to Frankfurt due to severe turbulence. Individual people were slightly injured by the turbulence, said a company spokesman when asked by the German Press Agency. The affected passengers were given first aid on board by the flight attendants trained for these cases.
Alves: “Chaos” following turbulence
Alves posted a short video on Instagram showing cloths and food lying on the floor of the machine. “Turbulence” she wrote. “Everything” flew around, she commented on the post. “To respect the privacy of people around me, I don’t show anymore, but the plane was a mess.”
After flying through the turbulence, the cockpit crew of flight LH469 decided to make an alternate landing at Dulles International Airport, according to Lufthansa. We regret the inconvenience caused to the passengers. The air movements were so-called clear air turbulence, which might occur without visible weather phenomena and advance warning, it said.
The machine, which started in Austin, Texas, was caught in turbulence 90 minutes following taking off. According to US media reports, the airport operator – the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority – and the US aviation authority FAA said seven people had been taken to hospitals.
