Three flight attendants were taken to hospital on Friday morning after a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles encountered severe turbulence during its descent into Sydney. The incident occurred on Flight 41, an Airbus A350 carrying 245 passengers and 15 crew members.
The turbulence struck shortly before landing, leaving four crew members injured, according to a Delta spokesperson. None of the passengers reported injuries. The aircraft touched down at 6.40am local time and came to a stop at 6.47am.
Ambulances were called to the airport around 6.45am. Among those injured were a woman in her 60s and a man in his 70s, both with back pain, a woman in her 30s with headache and back pain, a woman in her 70s with knee pain, and another person with eye pain. Three were taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with minor injuries.
A Delta spokesperson said: 'Nothing is more important than the safety of our people and our customers, and our priority is taking care of the impacted crew members.' The flight had been due to arrive from the south-west but turned north-west about 50km from the coast to approach from the north.
Sydney experienced strong onshore winds on Friday morning, but they were unrelated to Tropical Cyclone Narelle, which was approaching the far north Queensland coast.
