Twelve passengers on a plane of "Qatar Airways" suffered after severe turbulence during a flight from Qatar's capital Doha to Dublin, Ireland, Reuters reported, citing BTA, citing a statement from the airport in the Irish capital today. The landing was accident-free and on schedule, added the agency.
The airplane "Boeing 787 Dreamliner" with Qatar Airways flight QAR 017 landed shortly before 1:00 a.m. Irish time (3:00 a.m. this morning Bulgarian time), the airport authorities said.
"Emergency crews were waiting for the plane on the runway when it landed, along with people from the airport police and fire service, as we received a report of injuries to six passengers and six crew due to severe turbulence in Turkish airspace." ;, Dublin Airport said in a statement.
Five days ago, a "Singapore Airlines" plane traveling from London to Singapore was forced to make an emergency landing in the capital of Thailand - Bangkok due to severe turbulence, and a 73-year-old British man died and twenty people were admitted with injuries in an emergency room.
According to a 2021 study by the US National Transportation Safety Board, turbulence is the most common cause of plane accidents, Reuters notes. The report found that between 2009 and 2017, turbulence caused more than a third of in-flight problems, most of which involved at least one or two people on board with injuries but no damage to machinery.
In another incident, an employee of the Turkish national airline “Turkish Airlines” was seriously injured in severe turbulence during a flight from Istanbul to Izmir, reported today in the “Hurriet Daily News”, quoted by BTA.
The “Airbus A321“ encountered severe turbulence and lost altitude shortly after the pilot issued a seatbelt warning.
A member of the cabin crew, with only two months of service, was thrown towards the ceiling of the plane and then hit the floor hard, breaking his spine. The passengers were overcome with fear, according to Hurriet Daily News.
Upon landing in Izmir, the injured crew member was immediately taken to hospital. Medical personnel have confirmed that the man has a broken spinal vertebra. Necessary care is being taken for him, the newspaper writes.
In a similar incident on May 21, a Singapore Airlines flight flying from London to Singapore ran into turbulence over the Indian Ocean, killing one passenger and injuring dozens, Hurriyet Daily News reported.