🔗 Share this article A Number of Affected as Rough Air Impacts A Delta Airlines Flight into Sydney, Australia The airline said the aircraft went through "short-lived turbulence" as it arrived at Sydney Airport. Several people were hurt when a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia was hit by turbulence this past Friday. Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. A number of the onboard staff were injured. The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they assessed five patients, and took three to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as spinal discomfort and head pain. Those affected ranged from their 30s to 70s. It is the newest example of commercial jets experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with researchers pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a major factor. On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson said, adding that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning. The NSW Ambulance Service said they received a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane arrived, and response teams were standing by on the runway. Why plane turbulence is getting more common - and often stronger. During the past year, 25 people were injured when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "severe" rough air just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an precautionary landing. Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a terrifying short but intense of severe turbulence. One passenger died and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and fell back down. Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent. Estimates show that there are approximately five thousand cases of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a total of more than 35 million journeys that now take off globally. Severe turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a jet going through rough air masses apply more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint. As a changing climate modifies the conditions in the sky, experts warn that flying could become more turbulent: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are projected to increase the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.
The airline said the aircraft went through "short-lived turbulence" as it arrived at Sydney Airport. Several people were hurt when a Delta Airlines aircraft traveling from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia was hit by turbulence this past Friday. Flight DL41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. A number of the onboard staff were injured. The New South Wales Ambulance Service stated they assessed five patients, and took three to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that such as spinal discomfort and head pain. Those affected ranged from their 30s to 70s. It is the newest example of commercial jets experiencing atmospheric disturbance, with researchers pointing out that shifting climate patterns is a major factor. On board were nearly 250 travelers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson said, adding that the plane landed "without further incident" at Sydney Airport at 06:48 local time on Friday morning. The NSW Ambulance Service said they received a call just only 180 seconds prior to the plane arrived, and response teams were standing by on the runway. Why plane turbulence is getting more common - and often stronger. During the past year, 25 people were injured when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, encountered "severe" rough air just 120 minutes into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an precautionary landing. Recently, travelers and staff on a Singapore Airlines flight endured a terrifying short but intense of severe turbulence. One passenger died and dozens were injured, as individuals not fastened in lifted out of their seats and fell back down. Bumpy air is fairly routine on aircraft journeys, and while occurrences of rough conditions seem to be rising, they are statistically infrequent. Estimates show that there are approximately five thousand cases of severe or worse turbulence every year, out of a total of more than 35 million journeys that now take off globally. Severe turbulence is described as when the up and down movements of a jet going through rough air masses apply more than 1.5 times the force of gravity on your body - a strong enough force to throw you from your seat if you weren't wearing a restraint. As a changing climate modifies the conditions in the sky, experts warn that flying could become more turbulent: warming trends and altered air currents in the jet stream level are projected to increase the occurrence and strength of dangerous in-flight bumps.