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Turbulence forces plane into emergency landing
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An airplane made an emergency landing in Brazil on Monday because of severe turbulence. Nearly 40 people were injured. The plane was flying from Spain to Uruguay. Many injured people went to hospital. A new plane flew other passengers to Uruguay. Turbulence has hurt many people recently.
Turbulence is the violent movement of air. It is very rare for turbulence to damage a plane. The biggest danger is when passengers do not wear a seat belt. A UK university said climate change is making severe turbulence worse. Accidents increased by 55 per cent between 1979 and 2020.
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Turbulence - Level 1
An airplane made an emergency landing on Monday because of severe turbulence. Nearly 40 people were injured on the flight from Spain to Uruguay. Air traffic controllers told the pilot to make an emergency landing in Brazil. Many of the injured people went to hospital. Others went to Uruguay's capital city Montevideo by bus. A new plane flew other passengers to their final destination. Turbulence has injured many people recently.
Turbulence is the violent movement of air. Airplanes can survive dangerous winds. It is very rare for turbulence to make a plane crash. The biggest danger is when passengers do not wear a seat belt. They can be thrown around the cabin. Scientists from a university in the UK reported that climate change is making severe turbulence worse. Incidents increased by 55 per cent between 1979 and 2020.
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Turbulence - Level 2
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Severe turbulence made an airplane make an emergency landing on Monday. Nearly 40 people were injured on the Air Europa plane from Spain to Uruguay. Turbulence hit the plane over the Atlantic. Air traffic controllers told the pilot to make an emergency landing in north-eastern Brazil. Many of the injured went to hospital in Brazil. Others went to Uruguay's capital city Montevideo by bus. A new Air Europa plane flew passengers who did not take the bus to their final destination. The turbulence is the latest in a number of mid-air occurrences that have injured people.
Turbulence is the violent movement of air. Modern aircraft can survive dangerous winds and pockets of air. It is very rare for turbulence to cause a plane to crash. The biggest danger to passengers comes from not wearing a seat belt. Anyone not wearing a seat belt can be thrown around the cabin. They can suffer injuries by hitting their head on overhead lockers. Scientists from a UK university reported that climate change is making severe turbulence worse. They said incidents increased by 55 per cent between 1979 and 2020.
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Turbulence - Level 3
Severe turbulence forced an airplane into an emergency landing on Monday. Nearly 40 people were injured on the Air Europa Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane. It was flying from Spain to Uruguay. Turbulence hit the plane over the Atlantic, as it neared South America. Air traffic controllers told the pilot to make an emergency landing in Natal, in north-eastern Brazil. Many of the injured were treated at a hospital in Natal. Other injured people completed their journey to Uruguay's capital city Montevideo by bus. Air Europa sent a new plane from Madrid on Monday. It flew passengers who chose not to take the bus to their final destination. The turbulence is the latest in a string of mid-air occurrences to injure many people.
Turbulence is the violent or unsteady movement of air. Modern aircraft are designed to survive strong winds and dangerous pockets of air. It is extremely rare for turbulence to damage an airplane. It is even rarer for it to cause a plane to crash. The biggest danger to passengers comes from not wearing a seat belt. Anyone standing up in the airplane, or not wearing a seat belt while seated, can be thrown around the cabin. They can suffer bad injuries by hitting their head on overhead lockers or on the plane's ceiling. Scientists from Reading University in the UK reported that severe turbulence is getting worse because of climate change. They said incidents increased by 55 per cent between 1979 and 2020.
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