🔗 Share this article A Number of Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Hits Delta Aircraft Arriving in Sydney The airline reported the plane encountered "brief turbulence" as it arrived at Sydney Airport. Multiple passengers and crew were hurt following a Delta Airlines jet from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air on Friday morning. Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier told. Several cabin crew members required medical attention. Emergency medical services stated they assessed five patients, and transported three to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that such as back pain and headaches. The injured were between their 30s to 70s. It is the newest example of aircraft being hit by atmospheric disturbance, with researchers saying that climate change is a major factor. On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the official added, adding that the plane arrived "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday. The NSW Ambulance Service reported they got a call just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane landed, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac. Why in-flight bumpiness is getting more frequent - and often stronger. During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "significant" rough air just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an precautionary landing. Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a frightening brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and crashed back down. Bumpy air is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare. Data suggests that there are around five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a sum of over 35 million flights that currently occur around the world. Severe turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft passing through rough air masses exert in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt. As a changing climate shifts weather patterns, experts warn that air travel could become less smooth: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are expected to boost the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.
The airline reported the plane encountered "brief turbulence" as it arrived at Sydney Airport. Multiple passengers and crew were hurt following a Delta Airlines jet from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia was hit by rough air on Friday morning. Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at Sydney Airport, a representative for the carrier told. Several cabin crew members required medical attention. Emergency medical services stated they assessed five patients, and transported three to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that such as back pain and headaches. The injured were between their 30s to 70s. It is the newest example of aircraft being hit by atmospheric disturbance, with researchers saying that climate change is a major factor. On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the official added, adding that the plane arrived "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday. The NSW Ambulance Service reported they got a call just only 180 seconds ahead of the plane landed, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac. Why in-flight bumpiness is getting more frequent - and often stronger. During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew sustained injuries when a separate Delta aircraft, travelling from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "significant" rough air just a couple of hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an precautionary landing. Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a frightening brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts rose out of their seats and crashed back down. Bumpy air is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence seem to be rising, they are still very rare. Data suggests that there are around five thousand cases of significant in-flight disturbance each year, out of a sum of over 35 million flights that currently occur around the world. Severe turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft passing through rough air masses exert in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt. As a changing climate shifts weather patterns, experts warn that air travel could become less smooth: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are expected to boost the frequency and intensity of significant turbulence.