Harmless Air Turbulence Can Be Dangerous
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For frequent travelers, turbulence is a common experience. The familiar sudden jerks of the plane forward, backward and up and down. In most instances, the turbulence stops all of a sudden. However, in more serious cases, there could result passenger injuries from mere turbulence.
On 3rd August 2009, Continental Flight 128 from Rio de Janeiro to Houston was struck by turbulence unexpectedly; injuring seven passengers badly enough to require hospitalization after the pilot diverted the plane to Miami, Florida. According to officials at the Federal Aviation Authority, the best preventive measure against turbulence is the wearing of seatbelts. In fact, most passengers injure themselves most often when they fail to put on seat belts even when the seat belt sign is on.
Turbulence is normally an inconvenience and it shouldn’t hurt you if you keep your seat belt fastened throughout the spell.