Originally Posted by
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So anyone here know as to what caused the bumps that led to an emergency landing at KMIA when original destination was KIAH? Could it have been poor weather along the route. Just curious if anyone heard of this. Time of occurence was around 5am enroute from Rio.
For those who regularly fly "deep South America", turbulence encounters along the ITZ are not uncommon, although "severe turbulence" is not necessarily common place. A diversion to MIA was, in my view, a good decision with the number of seriously injured people on board. I hope there aren't any second guessers who would advocate continuing on to IAH.
Yes, we've heard of it and the occurance was at approximately 04:30 AM EDT.
G'Day Mate
