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Several Affected as Rough Air Hits Delta Plane Arriving in Sydney, Australia
Several people have been injured when a Delta Airlines jet traveling from LA to Sydney encountered significant turbulence on Friday morning.
Delta Flight 41 "experienced a brief period of turbulence" as it made its approach and landed at the Sydney airport, a representative for the carrier informed. Several cabin crew members required medical attention.
Local paramedics reported they treated a total of five people, and transferred a trio to a medical facility with relatively minor issues that such as pain in the back and headaches. Those affected spanned from their 30s to 70s.
It is the latest incident of commercial jets experiencing turbulence, with researchers indicating that global warming is a significant contributor.
On board were 245 passengers and 15 crew members on the Airbus A350, the Delta spokesperson noted, clarifying that the plane touched down "safely" at the airport at 6:48 a.m. local time on Friday morning.
The NSW Ambulance Service said they received a call just a mere three minutes prior to the plane arrived, and response teams were ready and waiting at the airport.
The reasons turbulence is becoming more frequent - and potentially more dangerous.
Last year, two dozen individuals were injured when another Delta jet, on a route from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced "significant" turbulence just two hours into the lengthy trip, and had to make an precautionary landing.
In 2024, those on board on a certain international flight endured a terrifying brief five-second of severe turbulence. A traveler died and numerous people sustained injuries, as those without seatbelts lifted out of their seats and crashed back down.
Bumpy air is not uncommon during flights, and while cases of strong or severe turbulence appear to be increasing, they are still very rare.
Estimates show that there are an estimated 5,000 incidents of severe or worse turbulence annually, out of a overall number of more than 35 million aircraft departures that are conducted globally.
Intense turbulence is categorized as when the vertical motions of a aircraft experiencing disturbed air apply more than a significant G-force on your body - a strong enough force to propel you from your seat if you were not fastened by a safety belt.
As global warming modifies atmospheric conditions, specialists caution that flying could become less smooth: temperature changes and changing jet streams in the jet stream level are projected to boost the regularity and severity of significant turbulence.
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