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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Stephanie Convery and Rafqa Touma

Fifty people treated after ‘technical problem’ caused ‘strong movement’ on Latam flight from Sydney

A Latam Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxiing at Santiago airport.
A Latam Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Santiago airport. Emergency services at Auckland airport treated about 50 people after a Latam plane experienced a ‘mid-air drop’. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Fifty people have been treated by ambulance crews and 13 people are in hospital after an in-bound aircraft to Auckland experienced a “strong movement” mid-flight that reportedly saw passengers suddenly thrown about the plane.

In a statement, Hato Hone St John Ambulance said the organisation responded to an incident at Auckland International airport involving an inbound aircraft after a call at 3.58pm local time on Monday.

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