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Twelve people were injured when a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, Qatar to Dublin, Ireland, encountered turbulence over Turkey.
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Twelve people were injured when a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin experienced turbulence on Sunday.
The plane landed in Dublin shortly before 1pm local time and was met by emergency services including Airport Police and the Fire and Rescue Service.
Six passengers and six crew members were injured in the incident, eight of whom were taken to hospital for examination, Dublin Airport said in a statement after the Qatar Airways flight QR107 encountered turbulence while flying over Turkey.
Dublin Airport said it was providing assistance to passengers and staff and that operations were not affected. The plane’s return flight, flight QR018, to Doha is expected to operate as scheduled, but the departure is expected to be delayed, the airport said.
Qatar Airways said in a statement to CNN that the flight landed safely in Dublin, but that “a small number of passengers and crew suffered minor injuries during the flight and are currently receiving treatment.”
“This matter is currently under internal investigation,” the statement continued. “The safety and security of our passengers and crew is our top priority.”
The incident came just days after 104 passengers were injured and a man with a heart condition died. Singapore Airlines flights There was severe turbulence.
Flight SQ321, from London to Singapore, was cruising at 37,000 feet on Tuesday. The plane It fell sharply before rising Flight tracking data showed the plane reached an altitude of several hundred feet and then climbed and descended repeatedly for about a minute.
Approximately 65,000 aircraft experience moderate turbulence and approximately 5,500 experience severe turbulence each year in the United States, but these numbers are likely to increase.
Paul Williams, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Reading in the UK, told CNN in 2022 that he thinks climate change is changing turbulence.
“We’ve run some computer simulations and found that we could see a doubling or tripling of severe turbulence over the next few decades,” Williams said.
The discovery, which was later confirmed by observations, highlights a type of turbulence called “clear-air turbulence,” which isn’t associated with visual cues like storms or clouds. Unlike regular turbulence, it occurs suddenly and is difficult to avoid.
Singapore Airlines previously said the plane encountered sudden turbulence. A spokesman said Sunday it was investigating. Satellite data previously analyzed by CNN showed the plane had flown into an area with thunderstorms that could cause turbulence.
It is not yet clear what type of turbulence the Qatar Airways plane experienced.
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect that the cause of the turbulence on the Singapore Airlines flight has not yet been determined and the investigation is ongoing.