EVA Air flight hits strong turbulence, six injured
EVA Air flight hits strong turbulence, six injured
2024-08-12
An EVA Air flight hit strong turbulence last Sunday on the way from Jakarta to Taipei. Six flight attendants were left with minor injuries. The incident happened during meal service about two hours into the flight. It left dishes and food scattered all over the cabin. The flight ultimately landed safely in Taiwan.
Half-eaten meals are strewn all over, and passengers are wet with spilled drinks. Even the overhead bins are unspared. The incident happened at 4:55 p.m. last Sunday, when EVA flight BR238 from Jakarta to Taipei encountered strong turbulence at an altitude of 37,000 feet.
The cabin was left a mess, with dishes and cups scattered along the aisle. Turbulence hit during the meal service, leaving six flight attendants with minor injuries. One said she was saved from crashing into the ceiling thanks to a passenger who grabbed her by the arm. One passenger joked on social media that she had experienced her first cola hair rinse. Despite the chaos, none of the passengers were injured. The plane landed safely at Taoyuan International Airport at 9:16 p.m. that day.
Rachel Chen
Flight attendant instructor
You should stay seated with your seatbelt fastened, and hold on to the armrests, keeping your feet on the ground at shoulder width. That can prevent any violent shakes from causing spinal injuries or injuries to your tailbone. Strong shaking can cause injuries like that.
Most of the time, pilots can spot turbulence using onboard radars, which show thick clouds or storm cells up ahead. If turbulence is detected, passengers can be warned in advance. But clear-air turbulence is impossible to predict.
Lawrence Rau
Former pilot
With climate change, unpredictable air currents such as clear-air turbulence are only expected to increase in intensity and frequency.
Turbulence is classified by four intensities: light, moderate, severe and extreme. In summer, convective currents and intra-cloud lightning are common. In winter, planes may fly into strong wind gusts. Amid global warming and increasingly strong extreme weather events, turbulence could become much more common in the future.
Lawrence Rau
Former pilot
The intensity could be such that in one second, the aircraft could rise or fall by 30 or 40 feet. That could cause the flight attendants to crash against the ceiling or the floor. Of course, even if the situation seems really scary, the plane would be safe. But there is always the possibility that the turbulence causes structural damage.
EVA Air urges passengers to keep their seatbelts fastened throughout the flight for their safety.
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長榮遇亂流! 餐點.飲料噴滿地 6名空服員輕傷
2024-08-12
長榮航空週日(8/11)一架客機，執行雅加達飛往台北的任務期間，起飛後約2小時，遇上亂流，當時正值供餐時間，所有的餐盤、飲料全都翻落一地，造成6名空服員輕傷，不少乘客驚魂未定，在網路上分享可怕經驗，幸好乘客們沒有大礙，晚上9點多，全體人員安全抵達桃園機場。
吃到一半的飛機餐，灑滿全身，飲料不只噴到牛仔褲上，頭上的行李櫃，也都是被食物噴濺到的痕跡，事發在11號，這班從雅加達飛往台北的長榮BR238班機，在下午4點55分，3萬7千英尺的高空，遇到超大亂流。
機艙內杯盤狼藉，垃圾堆滿整個走道，遇到亂流時，正好碰上供餐時間，6名空服員受輕傷，事後空服員分享，亂流當下，謝謝乘客抓著她的手不放，才沒讓她被甩上天花板。還有乘客開玩笑說，「這次亂流，讓她有了可樂洗頭初體驗，不難想像這亂流強度，有多可怕。所幸這班旅客沒人受傷，全數在11號晚間9點16分，安全抵達桃園機場。
[[瑞秋空姐教室負責人 陳瑞秋]]
“一定要確實地在座位上繫好安全帶，雙手就是抓緊你的扶手，並且讓你的腳與肩同寬，避免任何一個比較巨大的搖晃，造成自己的脊椎或者是尾椎，因為過度搖晃甩動的關係而受傷。”
通常機師可以透氣象雷達顯示螢幕，看到前方有無較厚的雲層，或是雷雨胞，提早廣播提醒乘客注意安全，但"晴空亂流"，則無法預測。
[[前機師 饒自強]]
“極端氣候不預測的這種晴空亂流或者亂流，它的幅度也會加大，而且次數會更頻繁。”
亂流分為四個等級，輕度、中度、強烈，與極強烈，夏天熱對流旺盛，雲層裡面會有打雷、閃電，而冬天容易遇到強陣風．全球暖化、極端氣候加劇，未來遇到大幅度亂流的機率，恐怕會大大提升。
[[前機師 饒自強]]
“所謂的強度就是說，可能瞬間一秒，它可能上下浮動，三、四十尺的這種速率，(空服員)會瞬間打到天花板或打到地面，當然如果說，再加劇到一個很恐怖的地步的話，我相信飛機也是安全的，但是有可能它的結構會受損。”
長榮航空也呼籲，乘客搭機時務必全程繫好安全帶，以確保飛航安全。
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