{"id":2217,"date":"2016-08-31T14:33:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T14:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2016-08-31T14:33:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T14:33:21","slug":"shannon-airport-emergency-landing-16-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2016\/08\/31\/shannon-airport-emergency-landing-16-in-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Airport emergency landing: 16 in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span12 pull-left\">\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div id=\"newsDtl\">\n<p>Sixteen people have been injured after turbulence prompted a transatlantic flight to make an emergency landing in the Republic of Ireland.<br \/>\nFourteen passengers and two crew members were taken to hospital from Shannon Airport at about 06:00 BST.<br \/>\nThe emergency landing in County Clare followed &#8220;severe and unexpected turbulence&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe United Airlines flight was travelling from Houston, Texas, to London Heathrow when it diverted.<br \/>\nWhat causes plane turbulence in the skies?<br \/>\nThe list is long.<br \/>\nAccording to to the Federal Aviation Administration, turbulence can be caused by:<br \/>\nair movement not normally seen<br \/>\natmospheric pressure<br \/>\njet streams<br \/>\nair around mountains<br \/>\ncold or warm weather fronts<br \/>\nthunderstorms<br \/>\nIn-air turbulence is the leading cause of injury to people on flights, according to the FAA, and on average 58 people in the US are injured during turbulent flights when not wearing seatbelts every year.<br \/>\nMost turbulence accidents happen at 30,000 ft (9144m) or above.<br \/>\nThe injured passengers and crew were taken to University Hospital, Limerick, for treatment.<br \/>\nThe Boeing 767-300 jet had 207 passengers and 13 crew members on board, and had been due to arrive at Heathrow at 06:55 BST.<br \/>\n&#8220;The aircraft diverted to Shannon Airport in Ireland where it was met by medical personnel,&#8221; said the airline.<br \/>\n&#8220;United Airlines is providing care and support to customers and crew of flight UA-880.&#8221;<br \/>\nWere you on the flight? Were you affected? You can share your experiences by emailing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen people have been injured after turbulence prompted a transatlantic flight to make an emergency landing in the Republic of Ireland. Fourteen passengers and two crew members were taken to hospital from Shannon Airport at about 06:00 BST. The emergency landing in County Clare followed &ldquo;severe and unexpected turbulence&rdquo;. The United Airlines flight was travelling from Houston, Texas, to London Heathrow when it diverted. What causes plane turbulence in the skies? The list is long. According to to the Federal Aviation Administration, turbulence can be caused by: air movement not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2219,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217\/revisions\/2219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}