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A Delta flight encountered severe turbulence last year, with 17 people injured.The NTSB’s newly published report says none of the injured people were wearing seatbelts.One passenger fractured four vertebrae and was hospitalized for over a month.Newly released details from a 2023 incident that injured 17 airline passengers highlight the dangers…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Emma Henderson MBE, a former EasyJet pilot. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m a former airline captain. I started flying 30 years ago when I was at University.I became a first officer at EasyJet in 2009, and worked there…