{"id":442431,"date":"2026-05-31T14:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/american-airlines-secure-cabins-18000-feet-turbulence-injuries\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T14:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:53:25","slug":"18000-feet-american-airlines-will-secure-cabins-earlier-to-cut-turbulence-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=442431","title":{"rendered":"18,000 Feet: American Airlines Will Secure Cabins Earlier To Cut Turbulence Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth-based American Airlines<\/a><\/span> has followed JetBlue<\/a><\/span> with a change to earlier descent procedures. This comes as the airline looks to minimise turbulence injuries while in the air. From June 3, American will revise its current procedures so that the airline may consider descent and landing procedures earlier to minimise the chances of injury from turbulence<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As around 25% of in-flight turbulence injuries occur during the airline’s descent, American Airlines will now descend earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,636,728,10269,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-american-airlines","category-turbulence","category-turbulence-injuries","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t