🔗 Share this article A Number of Hurt as Turbulence Hits Delta Flight into Sydney Delta Airlines said the plane encountered "brief turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport. Multiple passengers and crew have been injured following a Delta jet originating in Los Angeles to Sydney experienced significant turbulence this past Friday. The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. Four flight attendants required medical attention. Local paramedics reported they assessed five individuals, and transferred three of them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised back pain and migraines. The injured were between their thirties and seventies. The event represents the latest incident of commercial jets encountering severe turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that global warming is a key driver. On board were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the official said, adding that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question. Emergency responders reported they received a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport. Why plane turbulence is getting more frequent - and more severe. During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "significant" rough air just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an precautionary landing. Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a frightening five seconds period of extreme instability. An individual died and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back. Turbulence is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while cases of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent. Research indicates that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a total of over 35 million journeys that now take off around the world. Intense turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a jet going through rough air masses generate greater than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt. As a changing climate shifts the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are expected to heighten the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.
Delta Airlines said the plane encountered "brief turbulence" as it touched down at Sydney Airport. Multiple passengers and crew have been injured following a Delta jet originating in Los Angeles to Sydney experienced significant turbulence this past Friday. The flight, numbered 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. Four flight attendants required medical attention. Local paramedics reported they assessed five individuals, and transferred three of them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised back pain and migraines. The injured were between their thirties and seventies. The event represents the latest incident of commercial jets encountering severe turbulence, with aviation specialists pointing out that global warming is a key driver. On board were 245 passengers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the official said, adding that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on the day in question. Emergency responders reported they received a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport. Why plane turbulence is getting more frequent - and more severe. During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were injured when a Delta Airlines flight, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "significant" rough air just 120 minutes into the transoceanic journey, and had to make an precautionary landing. Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a frightening five seconds period of extreme instability. An individual died and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back. Turbulence is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while cases of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are statistically infrequent. Research indicates that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a total of over 35 million journeys that now take off around the world. Intense turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a jet going through rough air masses generate greater than 1.5g-force on your body - sufficient force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt. As a changing climate shifts the conditions in the sky, specialists caution that commercial aviation could become bumpier: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the upper atmosphere are expected to heighten the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.