Eithad 30 injured, broken bones, air turbulance
 

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Etihad turbulence: More than 30 passengers injured - BBC News


From Abu Dhabi. 45mins out of Jakarta.


From the news report there's a vid from a pax.

It didn't happen. Nothing to see here....

One word: seatbelt !

The unmentionable has been written. Although a genuine news item, this will soon be deleted.

A lot of loud praying in the cabin and tears and holes in the ceiling, probably from people not wearing their seatbelt.

Sitting on a seat... seatbelt should be on! Simple guidance to stop injuries like this.

I suggest we employ an inspector....Lets call him "Blakey"..
"You orrible person you...don't you read the safetycard,don't you listen to the cabin staff,and the Captain"..Slap..$30 fine!
When the blaggard declares innocence,explain to him that all the other passengers,safely strapped in,will sue him,if he is the cause of a diversion for medical attention,leading to them,not arriving at their destination.....Simple...

The article contains the phrase "The United Arab Emirates' national airline said the cabin luggage bins were damaged and passengers said oxygen masks were released during the shaking."

That doesn't yet elaborate on whether the bins were damaged by unstrapped people involuntarily headbutting them, or whether they burst open or collapsed.

Daft question: can the latter ever happen, or is it certain this must be only about too many people not being strapped in?

Yaw String. Ever the voice of reason. As this was on a bus Blakey would be quite apt.

The Aviation Herald has some pictures from inside the cabin:
Accident: Etihad A332 near Jakarta on May 4th 2016, turbulence injures 32

And here are photos and videos:
http://7efna.com/27737.html

(found via Google reverse image search with one of the Aviation Herald pictures)

On a point of order, experience of the sensitivities of the UAE's constituent Emirates leads me to think that no one airline, mentionable or otherwise, can call itself the UAE's National Airline.

The last airline to try for that title was Gulf Air, 30++ years ago, and look what happened to that.

Did not see any unbelted passengers in the video.

The video clearly does not show the worst of the turbulence.

Actually, visit their website and you gonna see that they indeed do just that. In line with Abu Dhabi being the official capital of the UAE. Now, the biggest airline in the UAE is of course based an hour or so down the road.

You are quite correct, so they do. Perhaps I ought to have written "should call itself the UAE's National Airline." I suppose the deal under which Abu Dhabi bailed out Dubai from bankruptcy a few years ago may have included nominating Abu Dhabi's airline as the National Carrier, along with calling the tallest building Burg al Khalifa, instead of its planned name. But I very much doubt that the other Emirates regard a certain airline based in the West of the UAE as their National Carrier!

Funnily enough a private airline started in Abu Dhabi in the 1970's called Emirates Air Services or something very similar, which took a couple of oil company contracts off Gulf Air, operating DH Dash 7s, but it sank without trace.

Prior to that, in 1967, Sh Zaid issued a decree to an Englishman to set up Abu Dhabi Air Services as Abu Dhabi's National Carrier, as a limited company with Abu Dhabi shareholders. But Gulf Aviation, now Gulf Air, and BOAC stepped in very quickly and killed it at birth by persuading Sh Zaid to buy half of BOAC's 50% share of Gulf Aviation. Bahrain and Qatar already had 25% each, Abu Dhabi bought 25%, and the remaining 25% was earmarked for, and bought by Oman. The dream was an immensely powerful airline owned by all 4 States, operating as the National Carrier of each.

But Dubai refused to accept the Abu Dhabi's share was the UAE's share, and within a few years Emirates was born. That triggered to start of new airlines in Qatar, Oman and of course Abu Dhabi eventually, and poor old Gulf Air reverted to being Bahrain's airline only.

The name Abu Dhabi Air Services was eventually used when the existing two private handling agencies were bought by the Government and merged into ADAS, in the 1970's.

How did all that potted history come from a story about turbulence?!

Having watched the video to the end, through the commotion one can hear a welcome to Jakata p.a. This was taken upon / after landing.

Looking at the photographs of overhead bin and ceiling damage, I'd venture to say this is high energy levitating human damage. I'd also say oooch!

Overhead luggage seems to have been well contained.

Massive religious chantingrecorded on video footage

Folks that's applause at the very beginning of that video.

They were clapping because they had just touched down.

NBC news showed it with the sound off last night and claimed it was inflight footage of the turbulence. It's the bumps on the runway....

I fly (as a passenger) on the Asia/ME routes quite often and almost always the economy sections are full - mainly maids and labourers on their first or second flight. When the seat belt sign is turned off after departure you can hear the clicks as most of them unbuckle. Why not? The sign said "buckle up" and now it's off!!!

Culturally, most of them live in a society where prohibition rules so when the prohibition is removed... . Try looking for a seat belt in the rear seats of a taxi in Jakarta or KL.

Why not leave the sign illuminated and make a cabin announcement that it's now OK to move about the cabin, IF YOU NEED TO.

And don't get me started on the rush to stand up as soon a possible after landing.