By BBC News World
May 26, 2024, 11:57 AM EDT
Twelve people were injured due to turbulence on a flight operating from Doha to Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner experienced turbulence while flying over Turkey, Dublin Airport operator DAA said.
Upon landing shortly before 1:00 p.m. local time, Qatar Airways flight QR017 was met by emergency services, including airport police, an ambulance and firefighters.
The authorities reported six passengers and six crew members injured.
“The Dublin Airport team continues to provide ground assistance to passengers and airline staff,” a DAA spokesperson said.
Operations at the air terminal were not affected, he added.
The National Ambulance Service said it received a prior alert to assist the airport and is “currently on site facilitating and supporting” passengers.
Qatar Airways told the BBC in a statement that “a small number of passengers and crew suffered minor injuries during the flight and are now receiving medical attention.”
“What happened is now subject to an internal investigation,” he added.
The incident occurs after the death of a 73-year-old British man on a flight to Singapore which experienced severe turbulence earlier this week.
More than 100 people were injured, 20 of whom are in intensive care with spinal injuries.
Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong apologized and offered his “sincere apologies to all those affected” for the “sudden and extreme turbulence.”
The Singapore government has promised a thorough investigation.
Why is there more and more turbulence?
Turbulence during air travel have increased as climate change has raised the planet’s temperature, says a group of researchers.
Scientists at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom studied these atmospheric disturbances in clear skies, which are more difficult for pilots to avoid, and discovered that severe turbulence increased by 55% between 1979 and 2020 on a busy route in the North Atlantic.
Academics attributed the increase to changes in wind speed at high altitudes. That It is because the air is warmer as a consequence of carbon emissions.
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