Originally Posted by hayzel7773

Talked to my buddy from EVA ops today, the doctor they found onboard determined that none of the injuries were serious enough for a diversion. Most serious injury was a twisted ankle. 2/21 crew did not work the rest of the flight, meaning that there were still 19 crew for the flight. The two twisted ankles PNC'ed the rest of the flight in Business. There's no need to divert for bruises and scratches. All crew and the 3 injured pax visited the hospital upon landing in Chicago, were treated and released, and the injured crew are being PNC'ed on the next flight back. Each passenger was given a USD$300 voucher.

As to the plane being inspected, they are built to withstand severe turbulence with a full load, which this aircraft did not even have. They can inspect after. The plane has been out of service ever since it came back from ORD.
It isn't necessary to divert every time there is severe turbulence. If that was the case, planes would be diverting left and right because of this. It looks bad this time because it struck during meal service. If no meals were out, we wouldn't even see it on the news.

SQ308 from 2013, they did not divert either:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...res-11-1930784