🔗 Share this article Several Injured as Turbulence Hits A Delta Airlines Flight into Sydney, Australia The airline said the Airbus A350 experienced "short-lived turbulence" as it landed at its destination. Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries after a Delta aircraft originating in LA to Sydney experienced turbulence on Friday morning. The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a company official told. A number of the onboard staff required medical attention. The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they assessed five individuals, and took three of them to hospital with minor injuries that comprised pain in the back and headaches. Those affected were between their 30s to 70s. The event represents the most recent case of planes being hit by turbulence, with researchers pointing out that climate change is a major factor. There were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the official said, adding that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning. Paramedics said they received a call just three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and ambulances were standing by on the runway. Why in-flight bumpiness is becoming increasingly prevalent - and often stronger. During the past year, two dozen individuals were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an precautionary landing. Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines jet went through a terrifying brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. One passenger passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and were slammed back. Bumpy air is not uncommon during flights, and while cases of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent. Estimates show that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a overall number of over 35 million aircraft departures that now take off globally. Intense turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a plane passing through rough air masses generate more than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt. As global warming modifies atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are expected to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.
The airline said the Airbus A350 experienced "short-lived turbulence" as it landed at its destination. Multiple passengers and crew sustained injuries after a Delta aircraft originating in LA to Sydney experienced turbulence on Friday morning. The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a company official told. A number of the onboard staff required medical attention. The New South Wales Ambulance Service reported they assessed five individuals, and took three of them to hospital with minor injuries that comprised pain in the back and headaches. Those affected were between their 30s to 70s. The event represents the most recent case of planes being hit by turbulence, with researchers pointing out that climate change is a major factor. There were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the official said, adding that the plane landed "safely" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning. Paramedics said they received a call just three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and ambulances were standing by on the runway. Why in-flight bumpiness is becoming increasingly prevalent - and often stronger. During the past year, two dozen individuals were injured when a separate Delta aircraft, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, experienced "considerable" turbulence just a couple of hours into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an precautionary landing. Recently, passengers and crew on a Singapore Airlines jet went through a terrifying brief five-second bout of severe turbulence. One passenger passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as unbelted passengers rose out of their seats and were slammed back. Bumpy air is not uncommon during flights, and while cases of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent. Estimates show that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence every year, out of a overall number of over 35 million aircraft departures that now take off globally. Intense turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a plane passing through rough air masses generate more than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a safety belt. As global warming modifies atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: shifts in temperature and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are expected to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.