Texas woman sues over air turbulence

A Texas woman is suing an airline over air turbulence.

Colleen O’Neal says her Continental flight from College Station, Texas, to Houston was so bumpy she suffered post-traumatic stress disorder because she thought she was going to die.

Her lawsuit said the airline did nothing to ensure passenger safety when local weather reports showed a “threat of tornadoes, wind shear, and dangerously strong winds with rotating and intense thunderstorms”.

She says that it should not have taken off and she now suffers nightmares, flashbacks and a severe fear of flying.