Ryanair flight makes emergency landing in Germany after nine injured in heavy turbulence
A RYANAIR PLANE had to make an emergency landing in Germany last night after nine people were injured during heavy turbulence.
The flight left Berlin bound for Milan yesterday evening but soon had to make an unscheduled landing at Memmingen Airport in Bavaria, according to German newspaper Welt.
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Eight passengers and one crew member were injured during the severe weather.
According to Welt, Three of them were hospitalised. Among them were a two-year-old child who suffered bruises, a woman who suffered a head laceration, and another passenger who complained of back pain.
One passenger told the Bild newspaper they thought the plane was going to 'break apart' during the turbulence.
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