🔗 Share this article A Number of Affected as Rough Air Hits Delta Flight into Sydney, Australia The airline said the plane experienced "brief rough air" as it landed at Sydney Airport. Several people were hurt when a Delta Airlines jet traveling from LA to Sydney experienced turbulence on Friday morning. Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. A number of the onboard staff required medical attention. Local paramedics said they assessed five patients, and took a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages were between their thirties and seventies. This marks the newest example of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with experts saying that shifting climate patterns is a major factor. The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the official said, clarifying that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday. The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport. The reasons turbulence is getting more frequent - and often stronger. Last year, two dozen individuals were hurt when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "significant" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an precautionary landing. Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a terrifying short but intense bout of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and crashed back down. Bumpy air is not uncommon while flying, and while occurrences of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are still very rare. Research indicates that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a overall number of over 35 million journeys that are conducted worldwide. Severe turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a jet experiencing disturbed air generate more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt. As global warming modifies the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the higher altitudes are projected to heighten the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.
The airline said the plane experienced "brief rough air" as it landed at Sydney Airport. Several people were hurt when a Delta Airlines jet traveling from LA to Sydney experienced turbulence on Friday morning. Delta Flight 41 "went through a short bout of rough air" as it landed at the Sydney airport, an airline spokesperson told. A number of the onboard staff required medical attention. Local paramedics said they assessed five patients, and took a trio to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries that comprised pain in the back and head pain. The patients' ages were between their thirties and seventies. This marks the newest example of aircraft experiencing severe turbulence, with experts saying that shifting climate patterns is a major factor. The aircraft was carrying nearly 250 travelers and fifteen staff members on the Airbus A350, the official said, clarifying that the plane arrived "safely and normally" at Sydney Airport at shortly before 7 a.m. on Friday. The NSW Ambulance Service indicated they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and emergency vehicles were ready and waiting at the airport. The reasons turbulence is getting more frequent - and often stronger. Last year, two dozen individuals were hurt when another Delta jet, flying from Salt Lake City, Utah to Amsterdam, Netherlands, experienced "significant" atmospheric disturbance just two hours into the long-haul flight, and was forced to make an precautionary landing. Earlier this year, passengers and crew on a certain international flight endured a terrifying short but intense bout of severe turbulence. A traveler passed away and many were hurt, as individuals not fastened in were thrown from their seats and crashed back down. Bumpy air is not uncommon while flying, and while occurrences of significant turbulence appear to be increasing, they are still very rare. Research indicates that there are approximately 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a overall number of over 35 million journeys that are conducted worldwide. Severe turbulence is defined as when the sudden jolts of a jet experiencing disturbed air generate more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to lift you out of your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt. As global warming modifies the conditions in the sky, researchers alert that flying could become less smooth: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the higher altitudes are projected to heighten the regularity and severity of severe turbulence.