An Air New Zealand passenger suffered a badly broken leg just 30 minutes into a seven-hour international flight after the plane hit turbulence when he was returning from the toilet.
German-born couple Niko and Sasha, who have been living in Bali for 13 years, boarded flight NZ65 from Denpasar to Auckland on Tuesday night, having planned a three-and-a-half-week trip in New Zealand.
But just 30 minutes into the flight, their holiday drastically changed.
After the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner’s seatbelt light was switched off, 47-year-old Niko went to the toilet. While he was on his way back to his seat, the plane encountered turbulence and “dropped”, he said.
A friend who was waiting to pick Niko up from Auckland Airport told the Herald his friend suffered a fractured tibia and fibula in the incident.
“His leg pretty much snapped in half,” the friend said. . . .
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To be fair, if in the USA, he would have been kept waiting that long in the ER behind illegals with anchor babies that have the sniffles.
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