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UA Turbulent Over Canada


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What: United Airlines Boeing 777-200 en route from London Heathrow to Los Angeles,CA
Where: Montreal
When: May 25th 2010
Who: 96 passengers and 15 crew
Why: While en route, over the Hudson Strait, the flight encountered turbulence, injuring one stewardess and five passengers. The flight nearly diverted to O’Hare but instead diverted to Montreal, where the injured were hospitalized. A replacement Boeing was provided-

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