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Severe turbulence forces Delta A330 to make emergency landing, 25 injured

32 points by voxadam 1y ago

cjrp 1y ago
Always wear your seatbelt, even in the cruise.
- Aloha 1y ago
  This is so important I put mine on, and avoid taking it off until I'm on the ground again.
- nielsbot 1y ago
  My mom worked on airplanes for 35 years—-She always told us this. She was once flung to the ceiling (and then back to the floor) while trying to get back to her seat.
- noir_lord 1y ago
  I do, I tighten it for take off/landing and loosen it a little once we are at cruise - it's not even noticeable but it's better than impacting the ceiling.
- cjrp 1y ago
  > Passengers reported they were told one of the flight attendants had suffered a broken rib, another person a fractured leg. The trolleys had been lifted and impacted the cabin ceiling and fell to the floor several times, passengers not wearing their seat belts also hit the cabin ceiling. The crew announced they had lost more than 1000 feet of altitude, they hadn't seen such severe turbulence ever before. https://avherald.com/h?article=52b0a50c&opt=0 https://avherald.com/h?article=52b0a50c&opt=0
- amatecha 1y ago
  Yeah, I've heard enough stories of people getting hurt on passenger planes from unexpected turbulence that I always have the seatbelt on during the entirety of any flight. Could make the difference between getting a severe injury or not!
appreciatorBus 1y ago
Flightpath https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL56/history/20250730/2245Z/KSLC/KMSP https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL56/history/202507... Track log https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL56/history/20250730/2245Z/KSLC/KMSP/tracklog https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL56/history/202507... Looks like something happened around 19:20
- thomascountz 1y ago
  Lowered and raised 1000+ ft in about 1-2 minutes!
the_third_wave 1y ago
...and as if on queue the narrative around climate "crisis" is woven into an article about a plane experiencing turbulence: experts say the issue is getting worse in an era of climate crisis. Do publications like the Guardian have narrative quotas they need to achieve?
- graemep 1y ago
  The Guardian is highly6 ideological. I would have thought the main reason the issue is more common is simply there are far more flights.
  - plucas 1y ago
    This study from the University of Reading found that severe turbulence has indeed increased significantly and measurably over the last 40 years: https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/2023/06/28/aviation-turbulence-soared-by-up-to-55-as-the-world-warmed-new-research/ https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/2023/06/28/avia...
    - macintux 1y ago
      More energy = more turbulence? Amazing that it's a point of contention.
    - gosub100 1y ago
      And if you found research contradicting that narrative, it would risk your career and/or would not be published. There is only one way to think, not open discourse. For instance, wildfires. It's definitely climate change because something bad happened. Not classical phenomena about wind currents drying out vegetation. Or increased human development into wild areas, or a century of PUTTING OUT smaller fires, or environmental regulations against harvesting lumber. No, the only way to think is the way that leads to more regulations, taxes and grants and government waste, criminal charges for the unlucky SOB who starts the fire, higher prices (in energy, cars, buildings, and insurance), and more human suffering that they can sell you their next solution for. For this reason, I don't believe a single thing they say anymore.
maybelsyrup 1y ago
Looks like they flew right over convective while everyone else flew around it. Attempt to save fuel? Gotta justify Delta tickets being double everyone else’s.
EverydayBalloon 1y ago
"Turbulence has long been a problem for air travelers, but experts say the issue is getting worse in an era of climate crisis which produces more extreme atmospheric conditions." lol

32 points by voxadam 1y ago

cjrp 1y ago

Always wear your seatbelt, even in the cruise.

Aloha 1y ago
This is so important I put mine on, and avoid taking it off until I'm on the ground again.
nielsbot 1y ago
My mom worked on airplanes for 35 years—-She always told us this. She was once flung to the ceiling (and then back to the floor) while trying to get back to her seat.
noir_lord 1y ago
I do, I tighten it for take off/landing and loosen it a little once we are at cruise - it's not even noticeable but it's better than impacting the ceiling.
cjrp 1y ago
> Passengers reported they were told one of the flight attendants had suffered a broken rib, another person a fractured leg. The trolleys had been lifted and impacted the cabin ceiling and fell to the floor several times, passengers not wearing their seat belts also hit the cabin ceiling. The crew announced they had lost more than 1000 feet of altitude, they hadn't seen such severe turbulence ever before. https://avherald.com/h?article=52b0a50c&opt=0 https://avherald.com/h?article=52b0a50c&opt=0
amatecha 1y ago
Yeah, I've heard enough stories of people getting hurt on passenger planes from unexpected turbulence that I always have the seatbelt on during the entirety of any flight. Could make the difference between getting a severe injury or not!

appreciatorBus 1y ago

Flightpath https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL56/history/20250730/2245Z/KSLC/KMSP https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL56/history/202507... Track log https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL56/history/20250730/2245Z/KSLC/KMSP/tracklog https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL56/history/202507... Looks like something happened around 19:20

thomascountz 1y ago
Lowered and raised 1000+ ft in about 1-2 minutes!

the_third_wave 1y ago

...and as if on queue the narrative around climate "crisis" is woven into an article about a plane experiencing turbulence: experts say the issue is getting worse in an era of climate crisis. Do publications like the Guardian have narrative quotas they need to achieve?

graemep 1y ago
The Guardian is highly6 ideological. I would have thought the main reason the issue is more common is simply there are far more flights.
- plucas 1y ago
  This study from the University of Reading found that severe turbulence has indeed increased significantly and measurably over the last 40 years: https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/2023/06/28/aviation-turbulence-soared-by-up-to-55-as-the-world-warmed-new-research/ https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/2023/06/28/avia...
  - macintux 1y ago
    More energy = more turbulence? Amazing that it's a point of contention.
  - gosub100 1y ago
    And if you found research contradicting that narrative, it would risk your career and/or would not be published. There is only one way to think, not open discourse. For instance, wildfires. It's definitely climate change because something bad happened. Not classical phenomena about wind currents drying out vegetation. Or increased human development into wild areas, or a century of PUTTING OUT smaller fires, or environmental regulations against harvesting lumber. No, the only way to think is the way that leads to more regulations, taxes and grants and government waste, criminal charges for the unlucky SOB who starts the fire, higher prices (in energy, cars, buildings, and insurance), and more human suffering that they can sell you their next solution for. For this reason, I don't believe a single thing they say anymore.

maybelsyrup 1y ago

Looks like they flew right over convective while everyone else flew around it. Attempt to save fuel? Gotta justify Delta tickets being double everyone else’s.

EverydayBalloon 1y ago

"Turbulence has long been a problem for air travelers, but experts say the issue is getting worse in an era of climate crisis which produces more extreme atmospheric conditions." lol