🔗 Share this article A Number of Hurt as In-Flight Disturbance Impacts Delta Flight into Sydney, Australia The airline reported the Airbus A350 encountered "momentary rough air" as it arrived at Sydney Airport. A number of individuals have been injured following a Delta flight originating in LA to Sydney, Australia experienced significant turbulence on Friday morning. Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries. The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they treated a total of five people, and transferred three to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as pain in the back and head pain. The injured were between their thirties and seventies. It is the newest example of planes experiencing turbulence, with experts pointing out that climate change is a major factor. There were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson added, adding that the plane touched down "without further incident" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday. Paramedics reported they were alerted just only 180 seconds before the plane touched down, and ambulances were standing by on the runway. The reasons turbulence is growing more common - and more severe. In the previous year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "significant" turbulence just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an emergency landing. Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a terrifying five seconds bout of severe turbulence. A traveler died and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back. Turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are still very rare. Data suggests that there are around five thousand cases of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a total of more than 35 million journeys that now take off worldwide. Intense turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft passing through rough air masses exert in excess of a significant G-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt. As climate change modifies atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that air travel could become less smooth: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are projected to increase the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.
The airline reported the Airbus A350 encountered "momentary rough air" as it arrived at Sydney Airport. A number of individuals have been injured following a Delta flight originating in LA to Sydney, Australia experienced significant turbulence on Friday morning. Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries. The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they treated a total of five people, and transferred three to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as pain in the back and head pain. The injured were between their thirties and seventies. It is the newest example of planes experiencing turbulence, with experts pointing out that climate change is a major factor. There were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson added, adding that the plane touched down "without further incident" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday. Paramedics reported they were alerted just only 180 seconds before the plane touched down, and ambulances were standing by on the runway. The reasons turbulence is growing more common - and more severe. In the previous year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when a Delta Airlines flight, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, hit "significant" turbulence just two hours into the transoceanic journey, and diverted for an emergency landing. Recently, those on board on a Singapore Airlines flight experienced a terrifying five seconds bout of severe turbulence. A traveler died and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and were slammed back. Turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of rough conditions appear to be increasing, they are still very rare. Data suggests that there are around five thousand cases of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a total of more than 35 million journeys that now take off worldwide. Intense turbulence is described as when the sudden jolts of a aircraft passing through rough air masses exert in excess of a significant G-force on your body - enough to throw you from your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt. As climate change modifies atmospheric conditions, researchers alert that air travel could become less smooth: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are projected to increase the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.