When you take a flight, you expect to reach destination A to Be as comfortable as possible or at most worry about being seated next to a crying baby. But the turbulence faced by the passengers aboard the British Airways London-Singapore flight destroyed all their expectations.
Passengers and Crew Have Harrowing Experience Due To Mid-Air Turbulence
When this British Airways Flight encountered severe turbulence mid-flight, it resulted in one flight attendant needing surgery and left the four other flight attendants also injured. While the occurrence of mild turbulence is expected during slightly bad weather, turbulence of this intensity could not have been predicted.
Reportedly, BA Flight 12 from Singapore’s Changi Airport was scheduled to arrive at London’s Heathrow Airport. However, it could not continue on its preplanned route after it hit major turbulence over the Bay Of Bengal. In this ordeal, five flight attendants sustained severe injuries with one of the attendants needing surgery for her ankle.
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The flight was cautiously re-routed from its original point of arrival at London’s Heathrow Airport, back to Singapore’s Changi Airport. The flight was already three hours into its takeoff when the turbulence caught the flight and its passengers and crew off-guard.
Turbulence So Severe, It Led To Flight Attendant Needing Surgery
Even though flight turbulences can happen for various reasons, one of the biggest contributors that have been on the rise for this has been climate change. The forever-changing atmosphere has contributed greatly to such and more weather catastrophes faced by the aviation industry.
While death caused by turbulence is not on the rise, it is not an unseen catastrophe. As reported by Business Insider, a passenger aboard a business jet met his untimely death due to severe turbulence, on March 4.
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Turbulences are incidents of aircraft facing mild to serious jolting or turning that can result in the people aboard facing nausea and even severe injuries. Expectedly, the staff on board are well prepped and given appropriate training for times like these, but when the crew themselves are injured, it creates a sense of panic amongst the travellers.
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