Infant among passengers injured as Qantas flight hits turbulence | Herald Sun
Infant among passengers injured as Qantas flight hits turbulence | Herald Sun.
This is really interesting to us because in the weekend SGM and I were just discussing clear air turbulence with the kids. You can see really good definitions of the different types of turbulence on the Australian Government Civil Aviation Safety Authority. Basically clear air turbulence is turbulence that occurs without any warning at all. Also it is generally more severe at the rear of the plane. The CASA recommend that passengers keep their seat belts fastened even when the seat belt signs are turned off. The thing I find most disturbing about the effects of turbulence is that children under two, infants and babies are often travelling without their own seat. In this news article, an infant was one of the people who were injured. Surely infants and babies need as much, if not more protection than adult passengers?
