Three Garuda passengers injured in turbulence: Three passengers

Three Garuda passengers injured in turbulence: Three passengers of a Garuda Indonesia flight from Frankfurt, Germany bound for the resort island of Bali were hospitalized in Singapore Sunday after they were injured in unexpected turbulence, Garuda spokesman Pujo Broto told AFP. "The people were taken to three different hospitals in Singapore upon landing but seven have since been discharged and only three are now left at two different hospitals, the Changi General Hospital and the Raffles Hospital." He said the flight, GA-973, was approaching Singapore when it hit "unexpected and undetected turbulence." Broto said air stewardesses were serving breakfast at 23:45 GMT when the heavy turbulence hit. Because it was unexpected, the crew had not had time to warn passengers to fasten their seatbelts, he said. He could not give details on the identity of the three still hospitalized or on the injuries suffered. The aircraft was declared airworthy in Singapore and continued its journey to Denpasar in Bali with the other passengers.