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Seven passengers on board a Lufthansa flight that encountered “severe turbulence” over Tennessee have been despatched to hospitals within the Washington, D.C., space after the airplane used to be diverted to Dulles International Airport.
The husband of a girl at the flight stated on Twitter that lightning struck the airplane and that it fell 1,000 ft.
The Federal Aviation Administration advised FOX Business it is going to now release an investigation into what came about on board the Airbus A330 that used to be flying from Austin, Texas to Frankfurt, Germany on Wednesday evening.
“Lufthansa Flight 469 diverted to Dulles International Airport and landed without incident around 9:10 p.m. local time after the crew reported encountering severe turbulence at 37,000 feet altitude over Tennessee,” the FAA stated in a observation.
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Contents have been scattered all the way through Lufthansa Flight 469’s cabin on Wednesday evening following the turbulence. (ModerMuna/Twitter)
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority stated after the airplane landed at Dulles, “Authority personnel responded to the flight and transported seven people to local hospitals.”
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DLAKY | DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG | 10.51 | +0.19 | +1.84% |
A photograph shared on Twitter by way of the person who stated his spouse used to be at the flight looked as if it would display tray and different particles scattered all the way through the cabin.

A Lufthansa airplane in Frankfurt, Germany, in March 2020. The airplane Wednesday evening used to be heading there from Texas earlier than being diverted. (AP/Michael Probst / AP Images)
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“People who didn’t have the seat belts fastened got hurt mostly because it came as [a] surprise,” the consumer wrote, including that lightning hit the airplane and it fell 1,000 ft.
Lufthansa didn’t straight away reply to a request from FOX Business for remark.
Fox News’ Melissa Summers contributed to this file.