香港航班印尼上空剧烈颠簸 致十余中国旅客受伤

Seventeen Chinese nationals were injured on Saturday when a Hong Kong Airlines flight hit severe turbulence over Borneo Island after taking off from Bali Island of Indonesia, officials said.

香港航空公司一架自印尼巴厘岛登巴萨飞往香港的航班，7日在加里曼丹上空飞行时发生剧烈颠簸，造成机舱内部17名中国乘客受伤。

The incident occurred above Banjarmacin city, the capital of South Kalimantan province, about one hour after the Hong Kong-bound flight HX6704 take off from the Bali international airport, forcing it to return to the airport, said Herni Pramuharjo, spokesman of the transport ministry.

交通部发言人说，飞机HX6704在南印尼加里曼丹岛的马辰上空飞行时发生剧烈颠簸，后返回巴厘岛伍拉莱国际机场接受检查。

"Twelve people were rushed to a hospital, one of whom got very serious injury. Five others were only treated at the health clinic of the airport. All of them (17 people) are Chinese nationals," he told Xinhua via telephone.

“12名乘客匆忙送往医院，其中一人严重受伤。其他五人在飞机场的医疗诊所接受治疗。这17人全都是中国人。”新华网报道。

One of the injured is a crew of the airline which carried 204 passengers and 12 crews, Pramuharjo said.

领英网报道，受伤人员中有一人是机组人员，带领着204名乘客和12位机组人员。

The turbulence incident is the second time involving Airbus 300-200 in Indonesia this week.

颠簸事件已经是本周空客300-200在印尼上空第二次发生。

On Wednesday, Etihad Airways flight EY74 from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta encountered severe turbulence, 45 minutes prior to landing at the main airport in Jakarta, leaving 31 people wounded with 9 of them taken into hospital, and damaging cabin storage area, according to the spokesman.

根交通部发言人介绍，周三，阿提哈德航空公司从阿布扎比飞往雅加达EY74航班遭遇数次颠簸，提前45分钟再雅加达的主要机场降落，造成31人受伤，其中9人被送往医院，给飞机储存舱造成损失。