Turbulence is described as the flight of a plane through ‘distrubed air’ causing jolts to be felt both sideways and vertically.

A Qatar Airways flight recently traveling from Doha to Dublin encountered severe turbulence while flying over Turkey, resulting in injuries to 12 passengers and crew members.

The flight landed safely after the turbulence event, which reportedly caused some individuals on board to be thrown upward, hitting the ceiling of the aircraft.

This latest incident comes just five days after a similar event involving a Singapore Airlines flight over Myanmar. In that case, the aircraft experienced sudden and unexpected turbulence, causing it to dramatically lose altitude. The incident resulted in the death of one British passenger and injuries to 104 other people on board.

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Turbli, a Swedish platform that forecasts turbulence has revealed that some air routes and some countries could be more turbulent than others.

The most turbulent countries to fly above include French Polynesia, Fiji, Pakistan, Namibia and Uruguay in the month of April, according to the site.

Santiago, Chile to Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Almaty, Kazakhstan to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Lanzhou, China to Chengdu, China; Centrair, Japan to Sendai, Japan; and Milan, Italy to Geneva, Switzerland were classified as the most turbulent routes.