Published 2023-07-18 23:56
Panic spread in the boiling cabin as the plane waited to take off.
Passengers and flight attendants collapsed in the 43-degree heat.
The terrible heat continues to plague a number of countries at the same time as a researcher at Nasa comes with eerie news.
The Delta Air Lines plane was waiting in line behind about a dozen other planes at Harry Reid Airport in Las Vegas when the situation became urgent on Monday.
A number of passengers fainted in the heat of terror. Some are said to have even pooped in the heat, writes the New York Post.
Passengers are taken care of on the plane. Photo: Fox NewsWaited for hours in the heat of fear
Panicked flight attendants ran up and down the aisles with oxygen tanks to help passengers in distress.
The passengers had been forced to wait for several hours in the boiling cabin without air conditioning when the pilot announced to taxi back after a series of emergency calls.
Fox producer Krista Garvin, who was on board, told Fox News.
– Press the button if you have a medical emergency, said the pilot from the cockpit to the passengers in the cabin.
Ambulance personnel from the airport were alerted and at least five passengers were carried off the plane on stretchers.
Flight attendant on stretcher
Several flight attendants also fell ill in the sickening heat. At least one of them must have been taken out on a stretcher with an oxygen mask.
According to reports, the Delta plane must have been on the runway for upwards of four hours before the passengers re-entered the coolness of the terminal.
“We apologize for the experience our customers experienced aboard flight 555 from Las Vegas to Atlanta on July 17, which ultimately led to the cancellation of the flight,” said a Delta spokesperson. to the New York Post.
– We are investigating the circumstances that led to the uncomfortable temperatures inside the cabin and we appreciate the efforts made by our staff and the emergency services at Harry Reid Airport.
Las Vegas, like much of the Northern Hemisphere, is suffering through an extensive heat wave with temperatures above
An ambulance is driven to the plane. Photo: Fox News
40 degrees.
43 degrees for 19 days
The fear fever plagues hundreds of millions of residents and tourists on several continents. So far, the record heat shows no sign of slowing down.
• The city of Phoenix in Arizona has now had 19 days in a row with temperatures above 43 degrees. The city has thus broken a 49-year-old record.
Unusually warm nights have also made the situation even worse for people who lack access to air conditioning.
For a week, the temperature at night has not gone below 32 degrees, which is high above the number of degrees required for the body to be able to recover after being exposed to the heat of the day.
The crazy heat is believed to remain at least until Friday.
Worst since the pandemic
In large parts of the southeastern United States, the humid heat is expected to increase in strength over the next few days. Miami is in the midst of its worst heat wave ever. There you have temperatures that feel like 43 degrees in the humid air.
• In Italy, Rome has set a new heat record by more than one degree when it measured 41.8 degrees on Tuesday.
In Sardinia, 45 degrees were measured and in Sicily, it is feared that during the week temperatures will be close to the record of 48 degrees previously measured on the island.
Naples had the highest number of emergency care admissions since the pandemic. Now the authorities appeal to residents and tourists to only seek care if the situation is urgent, writes The Guardian.
“We are in a nightmare”
23 cities in Italy are under red alert, which means heat so intense that it is a danger to the entire population, not just the sick and elderly.
• In Greece, a number of forest fires rage in temperatures well over 40 degrees.
In Mandra, a suburb of Athens, 250 firefighters battle the flames that threaten to engulf the city.
– We are in a nightmare, says the mayor Christos Stathis on Greek television.
In a region west of Athens, another fire has so far destroyed 30 homes.
The heat affects the choice
• In Spain, it is so hot that it affects the campaign for the new election at the end of July. The party leaders have moved their campaign meetings to places with more bearable conditions at the same time that large parts of Spain are crouching under heat of just over 40 degrees.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has climbed the mountains and is campaigning in the city of Huesca where the temperature has remained below 30 degrees so far.
The parties also rely more on managing the campaigns digitally and hold larger meetings very early in the morning or late at night.
Even in parts of Asia and the Middle East, summer heat waves are more powerful and painful than usual.
Nasa scientist’s warning
At the same time, Peter Kalmus, researcher at NASA in climate issues, comes with an eerie message to everyone who longs for an end to the heat.
“Most people still do not know the danger they are in,” he writes on Twitter.
“This will be the coolest summer for the rest of your life”.
He writes that “the only way out of the heat nightmare is to end fossil fuels as soon as possible”.
In a follow-up tweet, Kalmus elaborates on his first message by saying that “there will always be differences between years and between regions, but that the heat trend shows that this will be the coolest year in a very long time”.
He states that if the world “enters climate emergency” it is possible that our planet will begin to cool by the end of this century, writes Sky News.