Online images and videos purporting to portray the scene showed a number of passengers receiving medical attention for wounds, one of which was a woman wearing a neck brace. There were also a few tiny blood splatters visible.
In addition to numerous severely damaged seats and the aircraft’s ceiling, there were unconfirmed reports of a man becoming stuck after being catapulted upward into an overhead compartment.
Rio Grande do Norte state health officials released a statement stating that thirty passengers with “minor abrasions” were taken to hospitals in Natal.
Later on Monday, a second aircraft would be dispatched from Madrid, according to Air Europa, to pick up the passengers and carry on with the journey to Uruguay.
It happened just a few weeks after a British man, 73, lost his life due to extreme turbulence on a Singapore Airlines aircraft from London to the South East Asian city-state.
According to some scientists, climate warming may make aviation turbulence worse.During “severe” turbulence, the jet was forced to make an emergency landing, injuring numerous passengers.
In the aftermath of the incident on board the Air Europa flight from Madrid, thirty persons were admitted to the hospital.
