According to the NBC television channel, the plane of the German airline Lufthansa, flying from the United States to Frankfurt, fell into a zone of severe turbulence. As a result, seven people were injured, and they were hospitalized.
The plane hit a zone of strong turbulence at an altitude of 11 km in the sky over the state of Tennessee. The plane landed at Washington Dulles Airport, Virginia.
This was stated by the US Federal Aviation Administration, which launched an investigation into the incident.