Passenger’s passenger Delta gas line According to new reports from the incident, when the plane suffered severe turbulence due to thunderstorms in Wyoming, the flight to Europe would be thrown violently onto the ceiling and then back to the floor.
this National Transportation Safety Commission Passengers endured 2.5 minutes of unrest and, despite changing their routes to avoid the storm, still surprised the pilots on July 30, said Tuesday. The seat belt sign has been closed so passengers, stewardess and drink trucks are thrown on the plane.
The flight took off from Salt Lake City and was bound to Amsterdam but moved to Minneapolis, where 24 people were evaluated by paramedics and 18 were taken to hospital. Two crew members suffered serious injuries and five minor injuries.
Preliminary report describes how to throw up upwards with a force equal to three-quarters of its weight NTSB Estimated to be 1.75 g. Their pulling force is then equal to half of their weight.
“It’s a lot of power. It’s like a muscle man grabs your shoulder and tries to pull you with all his strength.” Aviation Safety Consultant Jeff Guzzetti NTSB and FAA. “If you stand and go through these types of forces, you’re thrown into the ceiling and then use a lot of power to go back down to the floor again.”
Guzzetti said that for passengers, the persistent and lasting turmoil that continued to last, seems to be “eternal”. this NTSB It also said that the plane’s wings dropped by as much as 40 degrees at some point, and Guzzetti said it would shock passengers.
This coincides with what the passenger described later.
“They hit the ceiling and then fell on the ground,” Leann Clement-Nash told ABC News. “The cart also hit the ceiling and fell on the ground and people were injured. It did happen a few times, so it was really scary.”
The report said the pilot had closed the seatbelt signs and the flight attendant started a drink service shortly before the plane encountered turmoil.
Pilots may think they are in a clear state after they ask air traffic controllers to drive them out of the storm. but NTSB The flight path of the aircraft was mapped in a radar report by the National Weather Service, which shows the plane flying directly into the bright red part of the map, showing the worst of the storm.
Guzzetti says NTSB It will be investigated whether the pilot and crew have done enough to avoid storms and whether the pilot has made good judgments about closing the seat belt sign.
Onboard turbulence has little serious damage, but scientists say they may become more common as climate change changes jet streams.
Several turbulence incidents have been reported this year, which has only exacerbated concerns about aviation safety following years of worst aviation disasters. In January, an air collision in Washington, D.C. killed 67 people. A plane also overturned when it crashed in Toronto in March.
