‘A Bumpy Ride’

The pilots of a Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 saw a “plume-like cloud” directly in front of the airplane as it flew over the Hawaiian Islands and warned the lead flight attendant to expect turbulence. One to three seconds later, they encountered severe turbulence, which injured two dozen passengers and flight attendants, four of them seriously, and caused minor damage to the airplane.

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