Passenger breaks leg 30 minutes into seven-hour Air New Zealand flight from Bali to Auckland after plane was hit by severe turbulence: 'It broke in two'
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Airplane passenger whose leg 'broke in two' when plane was hit by turbulence while returning from the toilet had to endure six hours of agony before reaching their destination.
Niko broke two bones in his leg in just 30 minutes after a seven-hour flight from Bali to New Zealand on Tuesday.
Niko and Sasha, a couple German living in Bali for 13 years, took a flight with Air New Zealand from Denpasar to Auckland for the start of a planned month-long vacation.
All this changed when the plane encountered turbulence and suddenly "fell" as Niko was returning to his home. seat.
A friend who was waiting to pick up the couple at the airport said he had fractured his tibia and fibula during the incident.
'His leg almost broke in two,' the friend told the New Zealand Herald
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Airplane passenger whose leg 'broke in two' when plane was hit by turbulence while returning from the toilet had to endure six hours of agony before reaching their destination.
Niko broke two bones in his leg in just 30 minutes after a seven-hour flight from Bali to New Zealand on Tuesday.
Niko and Sasha, a couple German living in Bali for 13 years, took a flight with Air New Zealand from Denpasar to Auckland for the start of a planned month-long vacation.
All this changed when the plane encountered turbulence and suddenly "fell" as Niko was returning to his home. seat.
A friend who was waiting to pick up the couple at the airport said he had fractured his tibia and fibula during the incident.
'His leg almost broke in two,' the friend told the New Zealand Herald
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