VICEight injured on turbulent flightFlight Update MELBOURNE, Feb...

VICEight injured on turbulent flight
Flight Update
MELBOURNE, Feb 1 AAP - Eight people on board a V Australia
flight from Thailand to Melbourne suffered minor injuries after air
turbulence during their trip.
Four cabin crew and four passengers were injured after "moderate
turbulence" during flight VA20 from Phuket, airline spokesman Colin
Lippiatt said.
On touching down in Melbourne at 7.40am (AEDT) on Tuesday, two
passengers and one crew member were checked by ambulance staff and
given the all-clear.
One passenger told ABC Radio that the turbulence lasted about 10
seconds and there was "lots of screaming and panic" on board.
One of those looked at by ambulance officers had suffered an
apparent bout of food poisoning and was released without treatment.
Mr Lippiatt said the poisoning was from food ingested before
boarding the aircraft, which held 361 passengers.
Paramedic team manager Jerome Peyton said other people near the
sick passenger also became ill during the flight.
Ambulance staff were told one of the flight crew struck his or
her head and another fell over and an airline trolley landed on
them, Mr Peyton said.
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