🔗 Share this article A Number of Affected as Rough Air Strikes Delta Aircraft Arriving in Sydney The airline said the aircraft went through "momentary turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport. Several people were hurt following a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from LA to Sydney was hit by significant turbulence on Friday morning. The flight, numbered 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries. Emergency medical services said they evaluated five individuals, and took three of them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as back pain and headaches. The injured spanned from their 30s to 70s. The event represents the latest incident of commercial jets encountering turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a major factor. The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the representative added, adding that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning. Emergency responders indicated they received a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac. Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and often stronger. In the previous year, 25 people were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, encountered "severe" turbulence just two hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an unscheduled landing. Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a certain international flight went through a harrowing five seconds of severe turbulence. An individual died and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and were slammed back. Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are still very rare. Research indicates that there are an estimated thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a total of over 35 million flights that currently occur globally. Intense turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a jet experiencing rough air masses generate greater than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt. As global warming modifies weather patterns, experts warn that commercial aviation could become bumpier: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.
The airline said the aircraft went through "momentary turbulence" as it landed at Sydney Airport. Several people were hurt following a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from LA to Sydney was hit by significant turbulence on Friday morning. The flight, numbered 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson informed. Several cabin crew members sustained injuries. Emergency medical services said they evaluated five individuals, and took three of them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as back pain and headaches. The injured spanned from their 30s to 70s. The event represents the latest incident of commercial jets encountering turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a major factor. The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and a crew of 15 on the wide-body jet, the representative added, adding that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning. Emergency responders indicated they received a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and emergency vehicles were waiting on the tarmac. Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and often stronger. In the previous year, 25 people were hurt when a Delta Airlines flight, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, encountered "severe" turbulence just two hours into the long-haul flight, and diverted for an unscheduled landing. Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a certain international flight went through a harrowing five seconds of severe turbulence. An individual died and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and were slammed back. Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are still very rare. Research indicates that there are an estimated thousands of instances of significant in-flight disturbance every year, out of a total of over 35 million flights that currently occur globally. Intense turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a jet experiencing rough air masses generate greater than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you did not have on a seatbelt. As global warming modifies weather patterns, experts warn that commercial aviation could become bumpier: warming trends and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are projected to boost the frequency and intensity of dangerous in-flight bumps.