50 injured by ‘strong movement’ on New Zealand flight, one passenger in a ‘serious condition’

The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landed at Auckland Airport as scheduled and was to continue to Santiago in Chile

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Irish Independent Newsdesk

At least 50 people have been injured by what officials described as a “strong movement” on a Chilean plane flying from Australia to New Zealand.

LATAM Airlines said in a statement that there was “a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement”.