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Following a series of\u00a0incidents involving Boeing aircraft<\/a>\u00a0in the US last week, a South American LATAM Airlines 787-9 Dreamliner en route from Sydney, Australia, to Auckland, New Zealand, encountered a “technical event” that led to significant turbulence, which injured at least 50 passengers.<\/p>\nLATAM told\u00a0AP News<\/a>\u00a0that Flight LA800, involving a 787-9 Dreamliner, experienced a “technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement” but did not elaborate further on the incident. The local newspaper, the New Zealand Herald, explained that the plane suddenly lost altitude.<\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>After the 787-9 Dreamliner landed, local ambulance services in Auckland treated 50 people for mild injuries, and 13 were taken to local area hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/io1noBfV.jpg?itok=gUH6OwFT\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/io1noBfV.jpg?itok=gUH6OwFT\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/io1noBfV.jpg?itok=gUH6OwFT\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"92030ca3-84cf-4c06-bfd4-9d137cad9166\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LATAM said in a statement to the New Zealand Herald: “As a result of the incident, some passengers and cabin crew were affected. They received immediate assistance and were evaluated or treated by medical staff at the airport as needed.”<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued: “LATAM regrets the inconvenience and injury this situation may have caused its passengers and reiterates its commitment to safety as a priority within the framework of its operational standards.”<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/50-people-injured-after-boeing-777-hit-mid-flight-technical-event\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/50-people-injured-after-boeing-777-hit-mid-flight-technical-event<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 People Injured After Boeing 787 Hit With Mid-Flight “Technical Event”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
LATAM told\u00a0AP News<\/a>\u00a0that Flight LA800, involving a 787-9 Dreamliner, experienced a “technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement” but did not elaborate further on the incident. The local newspaper, the New Zealand Herald, explained that the plane suddenly lost altitude.<\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>After the 787-9 Dreamliner landed, local ambulance services in Auckland treated 50 people for mild injuries, and 13 were taken to local area hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/io1noBfV.jpg?itok=gUH6OwFT\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/io1noBfV.jpg?itok=gUH6OwFT\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/io1noBfV.jpg?itok=gUH6OwFT\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"92030ca3-84cf-4c06-bfd4-9d137cad9166\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LATAM said in a statement to the New Zealand Herald: “As a result of the incident, some passengers and cabin crew were affected. They received immediate assistance and were evaluated or treated by medical staff at the airport as needed.”<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued: “LATAM regrets the inconvenience and injury this situation may have caused its passengers and reiterates its commitment to safety as a priority within the framework of its operational standards.”<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/50-people-injured-after-boeing-777-hit-mid-flight-technical-event\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/50-people-injured-after-boeing-777-hit-mid-flight-technical-event<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>50 People Injured After Boeing 787 Hit With Mid-Flight “Technical Event”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}