According to a May statement from the aviation safety watchdog DGCA, two of the injured passengers—one with a brain injury and the other with a spinal injury—were sent to an ICU ward at a Durgapur hospital.
SpiceJet released a statement on Sunday saying, "Multiple announcements were made by the pilots and crew urging passengers to remain seated and keep their seat belts fastened, which was unfortunately not obeyed by certain passengers leading in casualties."
Last month marked the death of Akbar Ansari, a passenger who was hurt by turbulence on a SpiceJet flight in early May. Ansari, 48, was reportedly on ventilator support for more than a month before passing away from his wounds on September 26.
On May 1, a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Durgapur experienced severe turbulence as it descended, hurting 14 passengers as well as three members of the cabin crew.
The family claims that Ansari did not receive appropriate treatment.
Akbar Ansari, 48, passed away on September 29 from "sepsis in shock" brought on by polytrauma and spinal damage, according to the death certificate given by the Mission Hospital in Durgapur.
"A passenger who was injured during the severe turbulence encountered by SpiceJet flight on May 1, 2022 regrettably passed away last month," SpiceJet stated.
According to the statement, the business "provided" every support that it could, including paying for the passenger's hospital and medical bills, and further noted that "the compensation is being given as per standards."
According to a May statement from the aviation safety watchdog DGCA, two of the injured passengers—one with a brain injury and the other with a spinal injury—were sent to an ICU unit at a Durgapur (West Bengal) hospital. According to reports, this is India's second passenger fatality brought on by extreme aircraft turbulence.
According to records, two out of 132 passengers on an Indian Airlines flight that faced extreme turbulence in West Bengal's Rampurhat in 1980 died.
Akhtar Ansari, Akbar's brother, recalled the incident on May 1: "I was placed in the middle and Akbar (Ansari) on the side seat. We felt a jerk as a storm-like situation suddenly slammed our aeroplane. The cabin was in disarray."
He complained that the flight attendants failed to issue sufficient turbulence warnings.
According to Akhtar, who owns a textile stitching business in Mumbai's Dharawi neighbourhood, "Unfortunately, my brother's seat belt broke in the very first jerk. We were attempting to hold him, but the jerks were so violent that we could not hold him. He was terribly injured."
Ansari had fractured his spine in the event.
SpiceJet added that the seat belt sign was on when the plane hit turbulence in its statement released on Saturday.
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