Flight Attendants Hurt In Turbulence
An Alaska Airlines jet en route from Seattle to Los Angeles encountered strong wake turbulence Sunday, slightly injuring three flight attendants.
The three flight attendants and four passengers were not in their seats when Flight 236 encountered the turbulence caused by the wake of another jet about 9 a.m., company spokesman Jack Evans said.
”(The plane was) in the process of banking,” Evans said. ”… They were thrown about quite a bit.”
He said two of the flight attendants suffered bruises; a third was taken to an L.A. area hospital for X-rays after the plane landed safely at 9:16 a.m.
No one else was hurt. There were 77 passengers and five crew members on board the Boeing 737-400.
The plane later continued its flight to Puerto Vallarta in Mexico without further incident, Evans said.