Three flight attendants taken to hospital after Delta flight hits severe turbulence on descent into Sydney

Flight 41 from Los Angeles encountered patch of rough air shortly before landing in Sydney, leaving four crew injured Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Three flight attendants were taken to hospital from Sydney airport on Friday morning after their plane hit a bad patch of turbulence just before landing. Delta Air Lines flight 41 from Los Angeles encountered the turbulence during its descent into Sydney, with four crew members injured, a Delta spokesperson confirmed. The Airbus A350 had been carrying 245 passengers, none of whom reported injuries, and 15 crew members. Flightradar24 showed the plane touched down just after 6.40am local time, coming to a stop at 6.47am. Ambulances were called to the airport about 6.45am, a spokesperson for Ambulance NSW said. On arrival at the scene, paramedics assessed five patients. Those patients included a woman in her 60s and a man in his 70s, both of whom had back pain, a woman in her 30s with a headache and back pain, a woman in her 70s with knee pain and another person of unspecified age and gender with eye pain. Three were taken to Royal Prince Alfred hospital w

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