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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rochel1977" data-source="post: 4984582" data-attributes="member: 371">Turbulence injures 12 on Qantas AirbusHorrified passengers saw people hurled around the cabin of a Qantas Airbus as it hit severe turbulence during a flight from Hong Kong to Perth on Monday.A dozen people were treated for minor injuries after the plane lifted and dropped about 250 metres due to "convective turbulence".QF68, an A330-300 with 206 passengers and 13 crew on board, was four hours out of Hong Kong when it hit the turbulence over Borneo about 2.30am (WST), a Qantas spokesman said.<img src="http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_image/7/77/Qantas.a330-201.vh-eba.750pix.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />"The aircraft most likely encountered what is known as convective turbulence, which led to it rapidly gaining around 800 feet in altitude before returning to its cruising altitude of 38,000 feet," Qantas spokesman David Epstein said.read more...<a href="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/828426/seven-injured-on-qantas-after-turbulence" target="_blank">http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/828426/seven-injured-on-qantas-after-turbulence</a></blockquote>

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