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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

Strong winds cause travel chaos in Sydney as passengers hospitalised after ‘severe turbulence’ on Hawaii flight

Qantas' Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Sydney airport
Sydney airport is experiencing a raft of flight delays and cancellations as worsening winds reduced it to single runway operations for the second time in two days. Photograph: Dean Lewins/EPA

Strong winds in Sydney continued to cause chaos for holiday travel plans around Australia on Saturday, while passengers have been hospitalised after “severe turbulence” on a flight arriving from Honolulu.

Airlines were warning of flight disruptions on Saturday morning, as they braced for one of Sydney airport’s runways to be closed for the second time in as many days after a warning from air traffic controllers of worsening winds.

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