Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Suffers Injury Aboard
Southwest cuts cabin service short to reduce risk of injuries, airline saysFlights that are even shorter, such as those among the Hawaiian Islands that last from 20 to 40 minutes, might lose access to any drink service at all, including for water, according to Beat of Hawaii travel news. (You can still buy drinks to bring on board or fill a reusable water bottle before departure.)
Southwest flight attendants “will begin preparing the cabin for landing at an altitude of 18,000 feet beginning Dec. 4. The change in procedures is designed to reduce the risk of in-flight turbulence injuries for our Crew Members and Customers,” the airline wrote in a statement.Previously, landing preparation began at 10,000 feet, the airline said.
In-flight turbulence caused one death and two dozen injuries during a Singapore Airlines flight earlier this year that descended 6,000 feet in about three minutes.Videos of turbulence from inside plane cabins have gone viral over the last year. A Scandinavian Airlines plane headed for Miami left passengers screaming as drinks and loose objects jerked into the air as the plane shook. The plane made an emergency landing in Greenland and headed back to Europe. No injuries were reported during that flight.
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