A woman is still in the hospital after suffering a spinal cord injury on a flight over Texas last Friday night. The injury has left the woman paralyzed.
The woman was aboard Continental Flight 511 from Houston to McAllen, Texas. She went to go to the bathroom while the flight was experiencing considerable amounts of turbulence. She hit her head on the bathroom ceiling when the plane unexpectedly dropped due to the turbulence.
The woman spent the rest of the flight stretched out on the floor of the plane, waiting for paramedics to be able to treat her when the plane landed. She suffered a fractured spinal column and a fractured neck that has left her paralyzed from the chest down. She is scheduled to undergo a second operation to try and repair her condition. It is uncertain whether or not she will ever be able to walk again.
Continental Airlines asserts that the seat belt lights were turned on at the time of the injury. However, it is still unclear whether the light was turned on while the woman was in the bathroom or if she simply ignored the warning light and chose to use the bathroom at an unsafe time. Federal Aviation Administration officials are currently investigating the details of the incident.
If you have a spinal cord injury in the Beaumont, Texas area, please contact the Law Offices of Bush Lewis P.L.L.C. today to schedule a consultation.
