Twenty-one occupants on board a China Airlines Boeing 747-400 have been injured in a severe turbulence incident, the second involving CAL in less than two weeks.
The Taiwanese aircraft had departed Hong Kong at 11:50, with 147 passengers and 18 crew, operating flight CI641 to Bangkok.
It encountered turbulence in Thai airspace at 13:59. CAL says there was no warning, and says 16 passengers and five crew members were subsequently injured.
Engineers checked the 747 after it landed in Bangkok at 14:23. CAL says it will fly back to Taipei once it has passed inspection.
The airline has identified the jet as being registered B-18202.
Flight's ACAS database lists the 747 as an 11-year old aircraft, with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, owned by the carrier.
CAL suffered a separate severe turbulence incident on 20 September when about 30 people were injured on board another 747-400.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
Fonte: Flight Safety Information 03/10/2008.
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