An Air Europa Boeing plane made an emergency landing in Brazil on Monday after several people were injured by \u201cstrong turbulence\u201d on a flight from Madrid to Montevideo, the airline said. The 787-9 Dreamliner was diverted to the airport of Natal in northeastern Brazil on its way to the Uruguayan capital, the Spanish company said on X, adding that passengers who suffered injuries \u201care receiving attention\u201d. Uruguay\u2019s foreign ministry said in a statement that passengers in need of medical attention were taken to the Monsenhor Walfredo Gurgel hospital in Natal. Several have already been discharged. A Uruguayan diplomatic source said \u201cbetween 25 and 30\u201d people were injured, but the number was not final. Most suffered \u201cmild trauma\u201d and \u201cat first sight, no one\u2019s life is at risk,\u201d said the source. Air Europa said a plane will leave from Madrid later on Monday to pick up the passengers in Natal and continue the journey to Uruguay. In May, a 73-year-old British man died and several other passengers and crew suffered skull, brain and spine injuries when a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 hit severe turbulence on a flight from London and was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok. Worse turbulence Air safety experts say passengers are often too casual about wearing seatbelts, leaving them at risk if the plane hits unexpected turbulence. Scientists also say that so-called clear air turbulence, which is invisible to radar, is getting worse because of climate change. A 2023 study found the annual duration of clear air turbulence increased by 17 per cent from 1979 to 2020, with the most severe cases increasing by more than 50pc. Monday\u2019s incident was the latest drama involving a Boeing plane, after a fuselage panel blew out of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX in January as well as two crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people in total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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