BERLIN, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Eleven people were injured

when a Lufthansa flight from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt

hit severe turbulence while travelling over the Atlantic, the

airline said on Tuesday.

"Unfortunately, five passengers and six crew members

suffered mostly minor injuries," a Lufthansa spokesperson told

Reuters in an email, confirming a report by the DPA news agency.

"The safety of the flight was not in jeopardy at any time,"

the spokesperson added.

The injured received medical treatment immediately after the

aircraft landed safely at its planned destination on Tuesday at

10:53 am (0953 GMT), according to the airline.

The Boeing 747-8 had been carrying 329 passengers and 19

crew members. The turbulence was brief and occurred in an

intertropical convergence zone, the company said.

In May, a passenger died of a suspected heart attack and 30

were injured when a Singapore Airlines passenger plane was

severely jolted by an air pocket over the Irrawaddy Basin in

Myanmar.