Eight people were hospitalized after a JetBlue flight hit turbulence before landing in Florida, officials said.
On Monday, Sept. 25, JetBlue Flight 1256, flying from Guayaquil, Ecuador, to Fort Lauderdale “suddenly experienced severe turbulence” as it approached Florida, a JetBlue official told CBS News.
After landing safely at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, medical personnel took seven passengers and one crew member to a local hospital for treatment and evaluation, officials said.
The severity of the injuries is unknown.
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“JetBlue will work to support our customers and crew members,” officials said.
The plane involved in the turbulence was taken out of service for inspection, officials said.
On Monday afternoon, the National Transportation Safety Board announced it had opened an investigation into the incident.
“NTSB has initiated an investigation into today’s turbulence incident that occurred on JetBlue #1256, an Airbus A320, during a cruise flight near Jamaica en route from Guayaquil, Ecuador, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida,” the agency said in one tweet. “Numerous injuries have been reported.”
NTSB has initiated an investigation into today’s turbulence incident that occurred on JetBlue #1256, an Airbus A320, during a cruise flight near Jamaica en route from Guayaquil, Ecuador, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Numerous injuries were reported.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) September 25, 2023
It was the latest in a series of incidents this year in which people were injured when their flights hit severe turbulence.
Nearly a month ago, 11 people were hospitalized after a Delta plane encountered severe turbulence on approach to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta.
Both customers and crew members of Delta Flight 175 were among the injured.
In March, one person died when a Bombardier CL30 jet encountered severe turbulence while flying from Dillant-Hopkins Airport in New Hampshire to Leesburg Executive Airport in Virginia. This flight had to be diverted to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
In another incident in March, several people were hospitalized after a Lufthansa flight from Austin to Frankfurt, Germany, encountered turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
A day later, around 20 passengers and crew members were injured due to turbulence on a Condor flight from Frankfurt to Mauritius.
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