🔗 Share this article A Number of Hurt as Rough Air Hits Delta Flight Arriving in Sydney The airline said the plane encountered "short-lived instability" as it landed at Sydney Airport. A number of individuals have been injured following a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney was hit by rough air on Friday morning. Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. Four flight attendants sustained injuries. Emergency medical services reported they treated five individuals, and transferred three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that included back pain and headaches. The patients' ages ranged from their 30s up to the 70s. It is the latest incident of planes experiencing turbulence, with experts saying that climate change is a major factor. On board were nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the official said, adding that the plane arrived "without further incident" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday. Paramedics reported they were alerted just three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport. Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and often stronger. During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were hurt when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "significant" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an unscheduled landing. Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a harrowing brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler died and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and fell back down. Bumpy air is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon. Research indicates that there are around 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a total of in excess of 35 million journeys that currently occur worldwide. Severe turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a aircraft passing through rough air masses generate in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt. As global warming alters weather patterns, experts warn that air travel could become bumpier: temperature changes and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are projected to increase the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.
The airline said the plane encountered "short-lived instability" as it landed at Sydney Airport. A number of individuals have been injured following a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney was hit by rough air on Friday morning. Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it touched down at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. Four flight attendants sustained injuries. Emergency medical services reported they treated five individuals, and transferred three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that included back pain and headaches. The patients' ages ranged from their 30s up to the 70s. It is the latest incident of planes experiencing turbulence, with experts saying that climate change is a major factor. On board were nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the wide-body jet, the official said, adding that the plane arrived "without further incident" at the airport at 06:48 local time on Friday. Paramedics reported they were alerted just three minutes ahead of the plane landed, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport. Why in-flight bumpiness is growing increasingly prevalent - and often stronger. During the past year, twenty-five passengers and crew were hurt when a separate Delta aircraft, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, encountered "significant" rough air just two hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an unscheduled landing. Earlier this year, those on board on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a harrowing brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler died and numerous people sustained injuries, as individuals not fastened in rose out of their seats and fell back down. Bumpy air is a common occurrence on aircraft journeys, and while instances of strong or severe turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are remained quite uncommon. Research indicates that there are around 5,000 incidents of significant in-flight disturbance annually, out of a total of in excess of 35 million journeys that currently occur worldwide. Severe turbulence is described as when the vertical motions of a aircraft passing through rough air masses generate in excess of 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - enough to lift you out of your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt. As global warming alters weather patterns, experts warn that air travel could become bumpier: temperature changes and altered air currents in the upper atmosphere are projected to increase the occurrence and strength of severe turbulence.