🔗 Share this article A Number of Hurt as Turbulence Impacts Delta Aircraft Landing at Sydney, Australia The airline reported the aircraft experienced "short-lived rough air" as it landed at its destination. Several people have been injured after a Delta Airlines jet originating in Los Angeles to Sydney encountered rough air this past Friday. Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members required medical attention. Local paramedics reported they assessed a total of five people, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that included spinal discomfort and migraines. The patients' ages were between their thirties and seventies. It is the most recent case of commercial jets experiencing turbulence, with experts indicating that shifting climate patterns is a major factor. There were 245 passengers and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the representative added, stating that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question. Emergency responders reported they received a call just only 180 seconds before the plane touched down, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac. Why in-flight bumpiness is growing more common - and potentially more dangerous. Last year, 25 people sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "severe" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an unscheduled landing. Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet went through a harrowing brief five-second of severe turbulence. An individual died and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and crashed back down. Turbulence is a common occurrence while flying, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent. Data suggests that there are around thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a total of in excess of 35 million flights that currently occur around the world. Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft passing through disturbed air exert in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt. As global warming modifies the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the higher altitudes are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.
The airline reported the aircraft experienced "short-lived rough air" as it landed at its destination. Several people have been injured after a Delta Airlines jet originating in Los Angeles to Sydney encountered rough air this past Friday. Flight DL41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members required medical attention. Local paramedics reported they assessed a total of five people, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that included spinal discomfort and migraines. The patients' ages were between their thirties and seventies. It is the most recent case of commercial jets experiencing turbulence, with experts indicating that shifting climate patterns is a major factor. There were 245 passengers and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the representative added, stating that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at the airport at 06:48 local time on the day in question. Emergency responders reported they received a call just only 180 seconds before the plane touched down, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac. Why in-flight bumpiness is growing more common - and potentially more dangerous. Last year, 25 people sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "severe" atmospheric disturbance just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an unscheduled landing. Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet went through a harrowing brief five-second of severe turbulence. An individual died and many were hurt, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and crashed back down. Turbulence is a common occurrence while flying, and while occurrences of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are statistically infrequent. Data suggests that there are around thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a total of in excess of 35 million flights that currently occur around the world. Strong atmospheric disturbance is categorized as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft passing through disturbed air exert in excess of 1.5g-force on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt. As global warming modifies the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that air travel could become more turbulent: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the higher altitudes are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.