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The National Transportation Safety Board says in a report that a Hawaiian Airlines flight hit severe turbulence that injured passengers and crewmembers because of the flight crew's decision to fly over a hazardous storm cell instead of around it.

Pilots of a Hawaiian Airlines flight in 2022 that resulted in dozens of turbulence injuries should have gone around a “plume” of bad weather, the NTSB report says.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has blamed the flight crew of a Hawaiian Airlines flight for a severe turbulence incident experienced in December 2022. Pilots of the Hawaiian Airbus A330-200 decided to fly above a known storm cell instead of going around it, leading to four serious injuries onboard and several more minor injuries.

The NTSB found that Hawaiian Airlines' 2022 severe turbulence incident was caused by the crew's decision to fly over a storm cell.

The NTSB said the pilots did not anticipate the severity of the plume, despite having “sufficient meteorological information.”

This article was written by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaiian Airlines flight crew’s decision to fly over a hazardous storm cell instead of deviating around it was the probable cause for hitting severe turbulence that injured passengers and crew members in 2022,