Twenty people have been injured on board a South African Airways plane after it struck severe turbulence en route to Hong Kong.
Medics were waiting at the Hong Kong airport at around 12.30pm local time to assist passengers on SA286, which had departed Johannesburg on Tuesday, the airline said in a statement.
Television footage showed rescue workers wheeling one injured passenger on a stretcher.
The South China Morning Post is reporting that many passengers hit the cabin ceiling, causing head and neck injuries.
Three crew members and 17 passengers were injured, airline spokesman Tlali Tlali said.
Medics were waiting at the Hong Kong airport at around 12.30pm local time to assist passengers on SA286, which had departed Johannesburg on Tuesday, the airline said in a statement.
Television footage showed rescue workers wheeling one injured passenger on a stretcher.
The South China Morning Post is reporting that many passengers hit the cabin ceiling, causing head and neck injuries.
Three crew members and 17 passengers were injured, airline spokesman Tlali Tlali said.