What: Trip Linhas Aereas Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Porto Velho to Belo Horizonte
Where: Cuiaba
When: Feb 5th 2012
Who: 82 passengers and 5 crew; 6 injured
Why: While en route, the flight encountered turbulence.

Five passengers and one attendant were injured.

The pilots diverted to Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil where they made a safe landing.

None of the injured passengers were buckled in at the time of the turbulence. On landing, the injured were hospitalized.

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