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       ‘Strong Movement’ on Flight to New Zealand Leaves Dozens Injured

       The airline, Latam, said a “technical problem” had caused the incident. Most of the injuries were minor, but one person was in serious condition.

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       A Latam Airlines plane taking off in Brazil. Credit...Nacho Doce/Reuters

       By Yan Zhuang and Natasha Frost

       March 11, 2024Updated 6:00 a.m. ET

       About 50 people were treated by emergency medical workers on Monday after a Latam Airlines flight bound for Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, experienced what the airline called “strong movement” caused by a “technical problem.”

       Twelve people, one of whom was in serious condition, were taken to three hospitals, Auckland’s ambulance service said. Latam, a Chilean airline, provided no specifics about the technical problem that it said had caused the disturbance.

       The plane made a “violent drop” for just a second or two, said Brian Jokat, who was on board Latam Airlines Flight 800. Aircraft tracking information from Flight Aware showed a gap of roughly an hour for which no data was available.

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       Yan Zhuang is a reporter in The New York Times's Australia bureau, based in Melbourne. More about Yan Zhuang

       Natasha Frost writes The Times’s weekday newsletter The Europe Morning Briefing and reports on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. She is based in Melbourne, Australia. More about Natasha Frost

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