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| Date: | Wednesday 1 March 2023 |
| Time: | c. 19:10 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-343 |
| Owner/operator: | Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-AIKK |
| MSN: | 896 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | over Tennessee -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, TX (AUS/KAUS) |
| Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lufthansa flight LH469, an Airbus A330-343, was en route from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, TX (AUS) to Frankfurt International Airport (FRA), Germany, when it encountered severe turbulence over Tennesee at FL370.
Several passengers were injured and the flight diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport, VA (IAD), where the flight landed two hours after the turbulence encounter.
Sources:
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/lufthansa-flight-diverted-turbulence/index.html
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/lh469#2f5f9bae
Media:
A Lufthansa Airbus A330-343 aircraft (D-AIKK) operating flight LH469 from Austin (AUS) to Frankfurt (FRA),that experienced "significant turbulence" was diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport and seven people on board were hospitalised.
— FL360aero (@fl360aero) March 2, 2023
?Tom Lynch#safety #aircraft pic.twitter.com/UwfCVqvjRx
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