EMERGENCY CREWS RUSH TO DUBLIN AIRPORT AFTER 12 PEOPLE ON FLIGHT HURT
Emergency crews have rushed to Dublin airport after six passengers and six crew members on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha were injured.
The 12 people were hurt after experiencing turbulence over Turkey.
Graeme McQueen, Media Relations Manager at daa, the operator of Dublin Airport, told Sky News: 'Qatar Airways flight QR107 from Doha landed safely as scheduled at Dublin Airport shortly before 13.00 on Sunday.
'Upon landing, the aircraft was met by emergency services, including Airport Police and our Fire and Rescue department, due to six passengers and six crew [12 total] on board reporting injuries after the aircraft experienced turbulence while airborne over Turkey.
'The Dublin Airport team continues to provide full assistance on the ground to passengers and airline staff.'
It comes after a British man died on a Singapore Airlines flight after extreme turbulence on a Heathrow-Singapore journey.
Geoffrey Kitchen, a 73-year-old musical theatre director from Gloucestershire died from a suspected heart attack, officials said.
More than 70 people were injured in the incident, with Mr Kitchen's wife Linda thought to be among those in hospital. Her condition is not known.
The retired insurance worker and his wife were heading abroad on a six-week holiday of a lifetime to South East Asia, Indonesia and Australia when disaster struck around 11 hours into their flight from Heathrow.
The aircraft hit an air pocket and plummeted an astonishing 6,000ft in just five minutes, with the sudden drop unleashing mayhem onboard and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport.
Terrified passengers have described how they had little to no warning to put their seatbelts on before the aircraft suddenly dropped while the crew were serving breakfast, with one passenger saying people were 'launched into the ceiling' as the plane fell through the sky.
Of the 211 passengers and 18 crew on board, Thai authorities said 71 people had been sent for treatment, six of whom were seriously injured, with many sustaining lacerations to the head as they were thrown upwards.
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