Eleven people have been left injured after a Lufthansa flight was hit by turbulence.
The Boeing 747-8 aircraft, which was heading to Frankfurt in Germany, had taken off from Buenos Aires, Argentina, when it later encountered brief, severe turbulence over the Atlantic due to air currents.
According to flight tracking data, the Boeing climbed to a cruise altitude of 33,000ft before encountering the turbulence.
The pilots tried to avoid the bad weather and climbed to 35,000 ft, however, five passengers who were not wearing their seat belt were injured during the incident, reports AirLive.net.
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