Dozens of people were injured, some seriously, during a bout of severe turbulence on an Air Europa flight traveling from Spain to Uruguay at the beginning of July. Just a few weeks earlier, at the end of May, one man died (of a suspected heart attack) and tens of others were injured amid “sudden extreme turbulence” during a Singapore Airlines flight en route to Singapore from London. In both instances, the flights made early, emergency landings.
Extreme turbulence is rare. However these two recent incidents have stoked concern and fear among fliers that dangerously rough flights are becoming more common. Scientific studies do indicate that climate change is increasing the occurrence and intensity of airplane turbulence….
