Would You like a feature Interview?
All Interviews are 100% FREE of Charge
The chance of being struck by lightning may be very rare, but “rare” has become very real for passengers on a flight from Texas to Germany, with seven people hospitalized in freak accidents caused by lightning strikes. bottom.
Lufthansa Flight 469 was hit by lightning on Wednesday and fell more than 1,000 feet before making an emergency landing in Virginia.
“Lufthansa Flight 469 diverted to Dulles International Airport and landed without incident at approximately 9:10 pm local time after the crew reported encountering severe turbulence at an altitude of 37,000 feet in Tennessee.” CBS news“Airbus 330 was flying from Austin, Texas to Frankfurt, Germany. FAA investigating.”
On Twitter, a man named Stryker Fadhel claimed his wife was on the plane and shared disturbing images of the wreckage after the strike.
RELATED: Woman gave birth on flight, causing emergency landing
“This is what the inside looked like was food all over the place. People who hadn’t fastened their seatbelts most of the time had their seatbelt signs not on and the lights hit the plane badly.” was a surprise, he wrote with the photo.
My wife was on that flight and she sent me this photo This is what food looked like everywhere inside. 1k feet down & up pilot said pic.twitter.com/NJi2JC6shk
— Stryker Fadell (@ModernMuna) March 2, 2023
Responding to a user in the Reply section, Fadell explained that the incident resulted in his wife being put in a hotel room that night and put on a plane to Germany the next day. It added that some passengers were assigned to another airline.
“The safety and health of our passengers and crew has always been Lufthansa’s number one priority,” said Lufthansa. Said APs.
One passenger told the outlet, “It felt like the bottom had fallen from below,” and felt “zero gravity.”
“Wild! And why are we being told to fasten our seatbelts even when the signs are off,” wrote one user on Twitter It pointed out.
The FAA did not confirm social media claims that lightning was the direct cause of the turbulence.
RELATED: Plane makes emergency landing after ‘unruly passenger’ poses level 4 threat