
Eight people were taken to the hospital and four more were injured when violent turbulence rocked a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, Qatar, to Dublin on Sunday, airport authorities said, less than a week after a British man died and dozens were injured as severe turbulence rattled a Singapore Airlines flight from London.
The Dublin Airport wrote on social media that six passengers and six crew members were injured when turbulence hit Qatar Airways flight QR017 as it was flying over Turkey. The flight landed shortly before 1 p.m., with emergency services, airport police and fire and rescue workers dispatched to the scene.
The condition of those taken to the hospital remains unclear. Qatar Airways wrote on social media Sunday that “a small number of passengers and crew sustained minor injuries” on the Boeing B787-9. “The matter is now subject to an internal investigation,” the airline said.
In a televised interview with local media, a passenger said several people without their safety belts secured were “thrown” out of their seats and “hit their head.”
“It was quite scary,” she said. “The plane just seemed to go stop, which it didn’t, but then it dropped quite a severe drop.”
The passenger described seeing “severe injuries” among crew members, including a person who had a splint on their hand and another who appeared to have twisted their ankle.
“It was so scary at the time. You just don’t know – was this it, or not?” another passenger recalled to 7 News Australia.
Last week, a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft operated by Singapore Airlines was forced to land in Bangkok due to injuries sustained during a severe bout of turbulence that left at least 30 people injured and one dead. The flight, SQ321, had left London’s Heathrow Airport after 10:30 p.m. Monday and was bound for Singapore when it suddenly dropped from 37,000 feet to 31,000 feet in a matter of minutes, according to flight data captured by Flightradar24.
Turbulence, though usually not dangerous, can cause injuries when unsecured people or objects are suddenly thrust around. It often happens unexpectedly, and is caused by several factors such as jet streams, atmospheric pressure, cold or warm fronts, thunderstorms and air surrounding mountains.
Airlines routinely request that passengers remain secured in their seats when planes hit turbulence. They also generally recommend that passengers keep their seat belt fastened the entire time they are seated.
About 163 people suffered serious injuries from turbulence between 2009 and 2022, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The vast majority of them were crew members.
(c) Washington Post
Sorry to hear no explosion
Lol.
I think the cause might be G-d pouring his wrath upon the nations who will never recognize Him….
I’m pretty sure the jet streams, atmospheric pressure, cold or warm fronts, thunderstorms and air surrounding mountains, are in service of G-d, Who is pouring out His Wrath upon the nations who will never recognize Him…