Deadly Turbulence: Woman Paralyzed By Turbulence Fall

by April 22, 2009 1846 Views

570_12turbulence6001A woman suffered what surgeons call a “hangman’s fracture” when she was flung against the ceiling of an airplane lavatory on a Continental flight as it encountered severe turbulence. The 47-year-old woman is alleged to have repeatedly ignored warnings to stay in her seat.

Dr. Trey Fulp, who performed surgery on the patient stated that she is paralyzed from the chest down. Two other passengers and a crew member from flight 511 also required hospital treatment when the plane landed in McAllen, Texas, on Saturday. [News; Image]

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by C. S. Magor - Apr 22, 2009

by C. S. Magor - Apr 22, 2009

C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and a reporter at large for We Interrupt and Uberreview. He currently resides in the Japanese countryside approximately two hours from Tokyo - where he has spent the better part of a decade testing his hypothesis that Japan is neither as quirky nor as interesting as others would have you believe.
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