
Safety & Regulation
Turbulence Is Now an ICAO Risk Category. The People It Injures Are Mostly Crew.
The 2026-2028 Global Aviation Safety Plan lists turbulence encounters among its global risk categories for the first time. US accident data shows who actually gets hurt: flight attendants, four times more often than passengers.
22 August 2026 · 11 minRajkumar Agarwal