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A Qatar Airways jet made an an emergency landing at a Portuguese military base in the Azores islands Sunday after heavy turbulence injured passengers.
The Boeing 777, bound from Washington to Doha, was re-routed during a storm to the Azores, a Portuguese territory in the North Atlantic, and landed at the Lajes Air Base.
Officials and witnesses said the plane had dropped steeply in altitude, hurling several passengers out of their seats and causing one traveller to suffer heart trouble.
#QR708, Washington-Doha, diverted to TER after experiencing turbulence with injuries, per @azadessa onboard.https://t.co/x7T8GfyzL0 pic.twitter.com/zTvMk8j3Sm"All the passengers were taken to a hotel in the evening and are due to depart on Monday morning," said an airbase spokesman, adding that several people onboard had "suffered light injuries during the turbulence".
- Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) December 4, 2016
#QR708 not continuing to Doha after horrific turbulence forces plane to land on Potuguese island. pic.twitter.com/kESPKaz98a
- Azad Essa (@azadessa) December 4, 2016
Very angry scenes here. Passengers upset that @Qatarairways staff abandoned them. Here is what is left behind #QR708 pic.twitter.com/q9ZG26TgyEAzad Essa, an Al Jazeera journalist who was on board, tweeted: "Some passengers bleeding after flung in the air, hitting the ceiling + landing in the aisles after plane suddenly lost altitude."
- Azad Essa (@azadessa) December 4, 2016
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