After at least 12 people were injured on Sunday when a Qatar Airways flight hit turbulence, questions continue to mount on the rough air’s impact on travel and what’s being done by airlines and other officials to better predict it.
The Qatar flight had left Doha en route to Dublin when it hit turbulence, with the airline saying: “a small number of passengers and crew sustained minor injuries in flight and are now receiving medical attention.”
It marked the second turbulence-related event resulting in injury within a week, following the Singapore Airlines incident on May 21.
And it’s expected that the severity of turbulence will only get worse with climate change.
While technology is getting better at predicting these rough patches of air, some experts say there’s more to be done.
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