12 people injured during turbulence on Qatar Airways flight

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Source: CNN

Twelve people were injured after a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin was hit with turbulence on Sunday. The flight, which landed in Dublin shortly before 1pm local time, was met by emergency services, including airport police and the fire and rescue department.

According to a statement from Dublin Airport, six passengers and six crew members were injured in the incident, eight of which were taken to hospital following assessment. The Qatar Airways flight QR107 experienced turbulence while flying over Turkey, the statement said.

Dublin Airport said it was assisting passengers and staff and that operations were unaffected. The plane’s return flight to Doha, flight QR018, is scheduled to go ahead as expected, though its departure will be delayed, the airport said.

In a statement to CNN, Qatar Airways said that the flight landed safely in Dublin, but that “a small number of passengers and crew sustained minor injuries in flight and are now receiving medical attention.”




Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/26/world/qatar-airways-turbulence-dublin-injured-intl/index.html

[PSPS]

1. This was a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

[Warpy]

2. Jeez, not again

Downdrafts aren't all that uncommon but usually it's only a hundred or so feet, enough to feel it and watch everybody around you go green, but not all that dramatic. The big, dramatic ones that last several seconds with stuff floating around the cabin are extremely rare.

Or were...

I was always a fussbudget about keeping my seat belt latched on a plane because my dad had been through a dramatic downdraft.

I have to wonder how many of the injuries were cabin crew and scalds from hot coffee.

[donte]

3. Turbulence in the skies

Are 99.9% predictable by an engaging and competent meteorology department which warns flight crews of its possibility, avoidance techniques, such as rerouting, altitude changes, and aircraft turbulence speed reductions. I am a retired airline pilot with over 20000 hours of flight time worldwide. If you fly into a thunderstorm you can encounter life threatening flight conditions. Or by following too close to a preceding heavy aircraft. There is an extremely small chance of encountering unforecast extreme turbulence that can cause passenger injuries. If turbulence IS forecast ahead passengers and crews should be required to be seated by the captain.

[róisín_dubh]

4. I fly transatlantic quite a bit

I’ve noticed the flights are bumpier. I flew Dublin to New York in April and it was rough over Canada. I hate turbulence but realise it’s fine if you’re belted in; the flight attendants were still up and about so it wasn’t the really bad kind. I think mostly it’s because I am real sensitive to motion because of some balance issues. The flight attendant said I looked green haha
I think it’s the sense of swaying back and forth that really freaks me out. Do you as pilots notice that?