Turkish Airlines flight attendant suffers broken back after another severe turbulence incident

A Turkish Airlines flight attendant has reportedly broken her back in another incident involving severe turbulence after she was thrown into the air when the Airbus A321 suddenly crashed.

According to local media reports, the young flight attendant was seriously injured during the short, 50-minute domestic flight from Istanbul to Izmir when turbulence occurred just moments after the pilots turned on the seatbelt signs.

The crew member, who had only been on duty for two months, was violently thrown towards the ceiling and then thrown back onto the cabin crew.

After landing in Izmir, the crew member was taken to hospital where a vertebral fracture was diagnosed. The crew member is still receiving treatment in hospital.

The incident occurred just one day before six flight attendants on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin were injured when their Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner encountered severe turbulence while flying over a flight of 1,000 passengers.

The plane was met by a fleet of ambulances and fire engines after landing in Dublin without incident. Airport authorities later said eight passengers had been taken to hospital for injuries sustained during the turbulence.

A Singapore Airlines flight attendant is also still in hospital in Bangkok after undergoing spinal surgery as a result of the severe Fata turbulence on flight SQ321. Numerous passengers were seriously injured, many suffering head, neck and spinal injuries.

One passenger probably died of a heart attack.

In response to the incident, Singapore Airlines said that meal services would be suspended immediately when the seatbelt sign was illuminated and cabin crew would be instructed to fasten their seatbelts in their folding seats.

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