Ryanair staff broke pelvis on board flight

Ryanair has been issued with a number of safety recommendations after a cabin crew member sustained a fractured pelvis as a result of severe turbulence on a flight out of Rome.

Because the severe turbulence occurred without warning, the crew member did not have time to fasten her harness. She was “thrown out of her seat, struck the ceiling and fell back down, sustaining a fractured pelvis”, according to a report of the incident, published yesterday. None of the 129 passengers on board — who were wearing seatbelts — were injured.

The pilots in charge of the Boeing 737 departing from Rome’s Ciampino airport for Leipzig in Germany on July 18 last year said they had not issued a severe turbulence warning to crew or passengers because it occurred so suddenly.