{"id":552119,"date":"2026-03-20T05:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/552119\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T05:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:16:10","slug":"sydney-bound-delta-flight-hits-turbulence-and-launches-crew-into-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/552119\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney-bound Delta flight hits turbulence and launches crew into the air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three crew members have been hospitalised after they were launched into the air when a Delta flight from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Los Angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Sydney \">Sydney<\/a> hit turbulence this morning.<\/p>\n<p>A Delta Air Lines A350, with 245 passengers and 15 crew members on board, encountered &#8220;brief turbulence&#8221; during descent but was able to safely land.<\/p>\n<p>The airline said four flight attendants and no passengers were injured in the commotion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/83075ec4-263c-4a82-b98a-7d4e9a046b17.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>A Delta Air Lines aircraft.  (AP)<\/p>\n<p>NSW Ambulance said they assessed five people.<\/p>\n<p>Three of those \ufeffwere taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with minor injuries after being &#8220;launched into the air&#8221;. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Delta Airlines said the safety of their crew and passengers was their utmost priority. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Delta flight 41 from Los Angeles encountered brief turbulence upon descent into Sydney, and four flight attendants reported injuries,&#8221; the airline said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/461c2162-e74a-448b-aaa8-854b83d8fa8d.jpeg\"   alt=\"SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 23: Travelers are seen at Sydney International airport on June 23, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Sydney records 16 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases as strict new social distancing restrictions come into effect at 4pm today. Masks are now compulsory in all indoor non-residential settings, including workplaces. No signing or dancing at venues, dance and gym classes to have a maximum of 20 people at any given time and no more than five visitors to any household, which inclu\"\/>Sydney International Airport.  (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nothing is more important than the safety of our people and our customers, and our priority is taking care of the impacted crew members\ufeff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Flight data showed the Delta aircraft arrived in Sydney at 6.48am today (AEDT) after departing Los Angeles at 10.11pm on Wednesday (local time).<\/p>\n<p>Delta Air Lines operates flights to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to the US.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three crew members have been hospitalised after they were launched into the air when a Delta flight from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-552119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}