澳洲‧在大馬上空遇亂流‧澳航急降7人傷 7 slightly injured as Qantas plane hits turbulence

（澳洲‧悉尼）澳洲航空公司透露，一架A330型客機從香港飛往柏斯途中，在馬來西亞上空遭遇亂流，飛機陡降，造成7人輕傷。但否認這次事件與其他同型客機最近發生的事故有任何關聯。

這架澳航空中巴士A330客機，載著206名乘客和13名機員。飛機起飛約4小時後，於週日（6月21日）深夜，在馬來西亞婆羅洲島上空，遭遇強大亂流，飛行高度突降，6名乘客和1名機員受輕傷。

機長通報塔台，說機艙內頂板有些許損傷，2個氧氣罩落下，一名乘客說飛機瞬間降低高度前，他聽到一聲巨響。

女乘客整個人飛起來

當時，一名女乘客正在等廁所，她整個人飛起來，頭撞到機艙頂部，艙內物品飛散，由於傷者情況輕微，飛機繼續航程。

一名叫約翰的乘客告訴Fairfax電台說：“當時我們遇上的應該是正常氣流，但機身卻在半空中急跌。”

另一名乘客凱斯說：“我們猶如從30層樓高的建築往下墜。”

有乘客說，機員告訴她飛機驟降了30公尺。

客機已於當地時間今日（週一，6月22日）上午7時30分降落在柏斯國際機場。

6月1日，法國航空公司一架同型號的客機發生離奇失事，造成機上228人全部罹難。

去年10月，澳航一架A330型客機也曾在澳洲上空2度急墜，造成多人重傷、要緊急降落。但澳航強調，今次事件與上次無關，事故原因是遇上強烈氣流。

A Qantas flight struck turbulence over Malaysia and suddenly lost altitude, leaving seven people with minor injuries, the airline said Monday. The Airbus A330 with 219 passengers and crew aboard was flying from Hong Kong to the Australian west coast city of Perth overnight when it struck "severe turbulence" over Malaysian Borneo, Qantas said in a statement. Six passengers and a crew member were treated for minor injuries on board as the airliner continued to Perth, Qantas corporate affairs manager David Epstein said. The captain reported minor damage to two overhead panels in the cabin, and two oxygen masks were dislodged, he told Fairfax Radio. An uninjured passenger, who identified himself only as John, said he heard a loud bang before the jet suddenly lost altitude. "I was sitting at the exit door and I had this lady, (who) was waiting at the restroom and she flew up and hit the ceiling and came crashing down to the floor," John told Fairfax Radio. "It was just a matter of a few seconds, but it (the turbulence) was really sudden and things went flying," he added. Australian government safety officials were investigating the incident. Qantas said there is not reason to link the incident to other recent in-flight incidents involving A330 aircraft. A computer malfunction on a Qantas A330 flying from Singapore to Perth on Oct. 7 last year caused the jet to nose-dive twice, leaving 12 passengers and crew seriously injured. The Australian airline underwent a safety review last year after a series of problems, including an oxygen tank explosion on a Boeing 747-400 that ripped a hole in the jet's fuselage last July, forcing it to make an emergency landing in the Philippines. No one was injured.