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| Date: | Friday 30 August 2013 |
| Time: | c. 12:00 |
| Type: |  Airbus A380-841 |
| Owner/operator: | Thai Airways International |
| Registration: | HS-TUA |
| MSN: | 087 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 970B-84 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 526 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Hong Kong -
 Hong Kong
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | BKK |
| Hong Kong-Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG/VHHH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flight TG600 from Bangkok to Hong Kong ran into heavy air turbulence during descent.
About 20 passengers who had not yet fastened their belts were injured on head and neck.
One flight attendant suffered a broken collarbone.
The cabin ceiling showed several holes, caused by passengers' heads.
Sources:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/367183/passengers-crew-injured-as-flights-from-thaiiland-hit-air-turbulence-on-approach-to-hong-kong
http://phuketwan.com/tourism/thai-airways-a380-strikes-turbulence-injured-flight-hong-kong-18726/
Location
Media:
Apparently 20 people with head injuries after severe turbulence on a Thai A380 here in HK airport pic.twitter.com/d2LlHmjC5T
— Matthew Allard (@mattaljazeera) August 30, 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2013 18:39 | kaselten | Added |
| 30-Aug-2013 18:45 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Nature, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Aug-2013 06:55 | harro | Updated [Time, Embed code, ] |
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