
‘Dipped so Dramatically’: 50 Treated After Passengers Thrown Into Roof of Sydney to Auckland Flight
Published on March 12, 2024
Passengers have spoken out after a technical problem on a LATAM Airlines flight from Sydney to Auckland. Around 50 people on the flight were treated in Auckland by St John units at the scene, with 12 taken to hospital and one in a serious condition. The LA800 flight was bound for Santiago, Chile, with a stop in New Zealand’s most populous city, Auckland. One passenger told the New Zealand Herald the plane dipped dramatically into a nose dive and passengers were screaming. “The plane dipped so dramatically into a nose dive for a couple of seconds and around 30 people hit the ceiling hard,” he told the publication....
