The report stated that the flight leader told the investigators that the weather conditions were smooth and the sky was clear "The cloud suddenly rose in front of the plane and there was no time to maneuver".
The commander called the main flight attendant to tell her that there might be turbulence, and the report stated that "Within 1 to 3 seconds the aircraft experienced severe turbulence".
Shortly therefollowing, the flight attendant informed the crew that there were multiple injuries in the passenger cabin.
Of the 291 passengers including the flight crew, 25 were injured, six of them seriously, according to the report, while the plane sustained minor damage.
John Snook, Chief Operating Officer, said: Hawaiian Airlines: "Such disruption is unusual at this time"indicating that the company "It has never seen anything like it in its history".
The day following the accident, Tiffany Reyes, a passenger who was injured and taken to the hospital, said she had just returned to her seat from the bathroom and was regarding to tie a belt. seat beltWhen the flight was hit by a terrible turbulence.
And she added, according to her interview, which was reported by a newspaper "Guardian" British: "In an instant I found myself on the floor of the plane staring at the shattered ceiling".
Reyes said: "I asked everyone around me, is this me? They said I seemed to have hit the ceiling and then fell to the floor of the plane".
She explained that she initially thought that "Something had hit the plane and it was going to crash and its passengers would die"because it had not encountered any similar incidents in its previous flights.
The passenger said: "It was the most terrifying experience I have had in my 40 years of life".
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The report said, Saturday, that “a cloud that rose vertically like a column of smoke in seconds” was behind the serious accident, during a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Phoenix to Honolululast December 18th.
The report stated that the flight commander told investigators that the weather conditions were smooth and the sky clear, then “the cloud rose suddenly in front of the plane and there was no time to maneuver.”
The pilot called the main flight attendant to tell her there might be turbulence, and the report stated that “within one to three seconds the plane experienced severe turbulence.”
Shortly therefollowing, the flight attendant informed the crew that there were multiple injuries in the passenger cabin.
Of the 291 passengers including the flight crew, 25 were injured, six of them seriously, according to the report, while the plane sustained minor damage.
John Snook, Chief Operating Officer, said: Hawaiian Airlines: “Such disruption is unusual at this time,” noting that the company “has not witnessed anything like it in its history.”
The day following the accident, Tiffany Reyes, a passenger who was injured and taken to the hospital, said she had just returned to her seat from the bathroom and was regarding to tie a belt. seat beltWhen the flight was hit by a terrible turbulence.
“In a moment, I found myself on the floor of the plane, staring at the shattered ceiling,” she added, according to her interview, which was reported by the British newspaper “The Guardian”.
“I asked everyone around me, ‘Is this me?’ They said I seemed to have hit the ceiling and then fell on the plane,” Reyes said.
She explained that she initially thought that “something had hit the plane and that it was crashing and its passengers would die,” because she had not encountered any similar accidents in her previous flights.
“It was the most terrifying experience I’ve had in my 40 years of life,” the passenger said.
