[ Source: BBC News ]
Eight passengers were injured on a Ryanair flight that diverted to an airport in southern Germany after experiencing “severe turbulence” due to bad weather, police have said.
Among those injured on Wednesday night were a two-year-old who suffered bruising and a woman who incurred a head injury, according to Bavarian police.
Three people were taken to a local hospital for treatment, while others were treated on site, they said.
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Ryanair apologised to affected passengers. It said the captain of the flight – originally planned to go from Berlin to Milan – called ahead for medical assistance and the plane “landed normally” at Memmingen Airport, to the west of Munich.
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