Tag: Turbulence

How a rise in rough air can cause severe turbulence injuries on flights

What to know about severe turbulence injuries on flights. (Photo Illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) One passenger was killed and at least another 30 were injured following severe turbulence on a May 20 flight from London to Singapore. The plane’s operator, Singapore Air, told the New York Times that seven of […]

Pensioner (73) dies after Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence

A British airline passenger has died and many other people were injured when a Singapore Airlines flight from London’s Heathrow Airport hit severe turbulence. A spokesman for Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, where the flight was diverted to, said the 73-year-old man suffered a suspected heart attack. He added that seven other people were seriously injured. Screen […]

Air turbulence can already be bad. It could be about to get a lot worse

Most of us have experienced turbulence while traveling: when your plane flies through clashing bodies of air moving at widely different speeds. Severe turbulence can put even the most seasoned flier on edge and make five minutes seem like an eternity. Usually it results in nothing more than a bumpy ride, but in the worst […]

With a BlackRock CEO, $9 Trillion Vanguard Braces for Turbulence

(Bloomberg) — It’s official at last: the Age of Bogle is over. Most Read from Bloomberg A half-century after John “Jack” Bogle founded Vanguard Group, the roughly $9 trillion fund giant is doing what once would’ve been unthinkable: hiring an outsider as its chief executive officer. And from archrival BlackRock Inc., no less. To many, […]

7 hurt after Newark-bound United flight experiences turbulence

Seven people were hurt, none seriously, after a United Airlines plane headed to a New York City-area airport experienced high winds and turbulence, officials said. United Airlines Flight 85 from Tel Aviv landed at New York Stewart International Airport instead in Newark, New Jersey, at 6:45 p.m., a Port Authority of New York & New […]

7 hurt after Newark-bound United flight experiences turbulence

Seven people were hurt, none seriously, after a United Airlines plane headed to a New York City-area airport experienced high winds and turbulence, officials said. United Airlines Flight 85 from Tel Aviv landed at New York Stewart International Airport instead in Newark, New Jersey, at 6:45 p.m., a Port Authority of New York & New […]

Fani Willis Hangs On to Trump Case, but More Turbulence Lies Ahead

ATLANTA — After revelations of Fani Willis’ romance with a subordinate sent the Georgia criminal case against former President Donald Trump down a two-month detour worthy of a soap opera, a judge’s ruling Friday resolved a major cliffhanger. Willis could continue prosecuting the case, so long as her ex-boyfriend withdrew from it. But the resignation […]