🔗 Share this article A Number of Injured as Rough Air Strikes A Delta Airlines Plane Arriving in Sydney Delta Airlines said the Airbus A350 went through "brief rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport. A number of individuals have been injured when a Delta Airlines flight from LA to Sydney experienced rough air Friday morning. Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. A number of the onboard staff were injured. Emergency medical services said they assessed five individuals, and transferred three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as spinal discomfort and migraines. The patients' ages ranged from their thirties and seventies. The event represents the newest example of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a significant contributor. There were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the official said, stating that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday. The NSW Ambulance Service reported they got a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac. The reasons turbulence is getting more common - and potentially more dangerous. In the previous year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "severe" rough air just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and had to make an unscheduled landing. Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a harrowing short but intense bout of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and fell back down. In-flight turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare. Estimates show that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a overall number of over 35 million flights that now take off worldwide. Severe turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a jet going through disturbed air exert more than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt. As a changing climate shifts the conditions in the sky, experts warn that air travel could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are likely to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.
Delta Airlines said the Airbus A350 went through "brief rough air" as it touched down at Sydney Airport. A number of individuals have been injured when a Delta Airlines flight from LA to Sydney experienced rough air Friday morning. Delta Flight 41 "encountered brief turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier told. A number of the onboard staff were injured. Emergency medical services said they assessed five individuals, and transferred three of them to a medical facility with non-life-threatening injuries that such as spinal discomfort and migraines. The patients' ages ranged from their thirties and seventies. The event represents the newest example of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with aviation specialists saying that global warming is a significant contributor. There were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the official said, stating that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday. The NSW Ambulance Service reported they got a call just a mere three minutes ahead of the plane touched down, and ambulances were waiting on the tarmac. The reasons turbulence is getting more common - and potentially more dangerous. In the previous year, two dozen individuals sustained injuries when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, Netherlands, hit "severe" rough air just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and had to make an unscheduled landing. Earlier this year, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines jet endured a harrowing short but intense bout of severe turbulence. An individual passed away and dozens were injured, as unbelted passengers lifted out of their seats and fell back down. In-flight turbulence is not uncommon on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of significant turbulence are reportedly becoming more frequent, they are still very rare. Estimates show that there are an estimated thousands of instances of severe-or-greater turbulence each year, out of a overall number of over 35 million flights that now take off worldwide. Severe turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a jet going through disturbed air exert more than a significant G-force on your body - sufficient force to propel you from your seat if you weren't wearing a seatbelt. As a changing climate shifts the conditions in the sky, experts warn that air travel could become more turbulent: shifts in temperature and shifting wind patterns in the jet stream level are likely to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.