Multiple Injuries Aboard Air Canada Flight After Plane Hits Turbulence

The tail of an Air Canada Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft is seen at a hangar at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, ON., on February 9, 2017. Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press

MONTREAL—About three dozen passengers and crew were injured Thursday when an Air Canada flight travelling from Toronto to Sydney, Australia, hit severe turbulence and was forced to divert to Honolulu.

Flight AC33 was about two hours past Hawaii over the Pacific Ocean early Thursday morning when“unforecasted and sudden turbulence” caused “minor injuries” for about 35 travellers and triggered a turnaround, Air Canada said in an email—though local emergency services highlighted nine “serious” injuries and 30 hospitalizations.