• Waze is Google's traffic and navigation app that uses driver-supplied data to map your routes.
• Waze provides realtime updates on traffic and route hazards like accidents, speed cameras, and more.
• Waze was acquired by Google in 2013, and in 2023 merged into a new Google Geo division.

Waze is a free, Google-owned GPS app that provides you with up-to-date navigation and traffic information for any trip. While it's most dynamic when connected to your cellular service, the app has offline capabilities, granting you access to directions without reception.

The company acquired Waze in 2013, when Larry Page was Google's CEO. Google paid about $1.3 billion for the navigation app, but Waze's former CEO has criticized Google's management of the product. 

Multiple rounds of Google layoffs have impacted Waze, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, following its merger with Google Maps into a Google Geo division. Google Geo also includes Google Earth and Google Street View.

Is Waze better than Google Maps?

Like Google or Apple Maps, the most basic way to use Waze is by getting turn-by-turn directions. You can, for example, choose the quickest route, avoid tolls, or share your drive and ETA — something that can be especially helpful when meeting up with a group.

Waze stands apart from other GPS tools because of how unusually socially focused it is for a GPS tool. Not only does the app let you see the other Wazers on the road with you, but it provides two different chat options.

Waze and Google Maps share many similarities, but Waze is known for being car-focused with real-time updates on conditions and fastest routes. Google Maps, meanwhile, is a more traditional navigation app, but it offers options for walking, driving, biking, and public transportation. It also has features like Google Street View, which offers 360-degree visuals of locations.

New Waze features

Today, Waze has even more socially focused updates to help drivers keep safe on the road. Thanks to insights from local Waze drivers, these new updates will help drivers get information about navigating the roads, finding parking, and more.

These updates are set to roll out in 2024 globally on Android and iOS.

Navigating tricky roundabouts 

Knowing how to navigate a roundabout can be confusing, especially if you're a new driver in an unfamiliar area. 

With Waze's new update, thanks to their community members, drivers can clearly see when to enter, which lane to choose, and where to exit, so you never miss your turn.

Emergency vehicle alerts

Now, drivers can be alerted in advance when emergency vehicles like ambulances are approaching or stopped along your route.

Waze drivers will be notified and can adjust their driving accordingly — keeping you and first responders safe. 

Speed limit alerts

No one enjoys getting a costly speeding ticket. With Waze's speed limit alerts, drivers can slow down and safely adjust to the changing road conditions.

Waze will alert you when a speed limit is about to decrease along your route, giving you ample time to slow down and adjust to the new speed. 

Local hazard alerts

Driving in a new city or town can be daunting, especially if you're new to driving. 

Whilst the Waze app already features alerts to hazards such as potholes, railroad crossings, or bad weather, Wazers will also receive early warning signs for new hazards like sharp curves, speed bumps, and toll booths. 

Stress-free parking reservations

Waze is expanding its parking features to deliver stress-free parking for Wazers. 

The new app feature offers detailed information about parking, including cost, coverage, wheelchair accessibility, valet options, and the availability of EV charging stations. Wazers will even be able to reserve a parking space from the Waze app to save you time.

• Telecoms giant T-Mobile is buying US Cellular's wireless operations for $4.4 billion.
• The regional carrier has been up for sale since last year and mostly services rural customers.
• T-Mobile also recently finalized the acquisition of Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile.

T-Mobile has struck a deal to buy "substantially all" of US Cellular's wireless operations for around $4.4 billion.

The telecoms giant said on Tuesday it had agreed a deal that will see it take on the Chicago-based wireless provider's customers and stores.

T-Mobile will acquire US Cellular's wireless operations and around 30% of its spectrum assets. The company will also extend its leases on 600 US Cellular towers and sign long-term leases on around 2,100 more.

The Wall Street Journal previously reported that T-Mobile rival Verizon was also in talks to buy parts of US Cellular. The regional carrier has been up for sale since last year amid a declining customer base and underwhelming revenues.

The deal, which is expected to close in mid-2025 and includes up to $2 billion of assumed debt, brings yet more consolidation to the US wireless industry.

Earlier this month, T-Mobile finalized a $1.35 billion deal to acquire the parent company of Mint Mobile, a deal which saw actor and Mint Mobile part-owner Ryan Reynolds take home around $300 million.

T-Mobile and US Cellular said the deal, which will face an antitrust review, will help deliver lower prices and provide faster wireless speeds to US Cellular's customers, who live in primarily rural areas.

• Elon Musk is rehiring some of the Tesla Supercharger staff he fired in April, Bloomberg reported.
• He made similar moves in the early days of his Twitter takeover in 2022.
• The billionaire CEO's firing and hiring practices have drawn criticism and lawsuits.

Elon Musk appears to be trigger-happy when it comes to firing his employees.

Tesla is rehiring some of the nearly 500 Supercharger staff members Musk fired in April as a cost-saving measure amid challenging times at the EV company, Bloomberg reported earlier this month.

Sound familiar? That's because he's done this before.

Six months after he took over Twitter in 2022 and swiftly reduced head count by about 90%, Musk said he would try to rehire some of the people he laid off, expressing some regret over his decision.

"Desperate times call for desperate measures," Musk told CNBC's David Faber in May 2023. "So there's no question that some of the people who were let go probably shouldn't have been let go."

This fire-and-rehire tactic has been suggested to be a deliberate gambit by Musk.

In an interview with Lex Fridman, Walter Isaacson, Musk's biographer, said the mass layoffs at Twitter were part of Musk's "delete-delete-delete" approach to managing his companies. The author said the CEO believed "if you don't end up adding back 20% of what you deleted, then you didn't delete enough in the first round because you were too timid."

Since founding his first company in the late '90s, Musk has risen to become one of the most prominent entrepreneurs of the 21st century — and arguably one of the busiest. On top of Tesla and X, Musk also runs SpaceX, Neuralink, AI startup xAI, and an underground tunnel company. His business ventures have made him one of the richest men in the world.

Still, that doesn't mean Musk is particularly good at running those companies, critics say.

"Organizations can be poorly run and still be financially viable," Alec Levenson, a senior research scientist at the University of Southern California Marshall Center for Effective Organizations, told Business Insider.

"If you have good enough margins, if you have strong enough loyalty from your customers, then you can still have good financial results," Levenson added. "But I guarantee you the results would be that much better if the management practice is improved and you can do it without hurting the bottom line."

A culture of distrust

The billionaire's hiring and firing practices at his companies have been criticized before and, in some cases, accused of being illegal.

At Tesla, Musk told his employees that he would personally approve all new hires, according to an email obtained by Business Insider.

Human resources experts said the action is not only an inefficient use of the CEO's time but also signals distrust to employees responsible for hiring personnel.

"To have one of the most successful entrepreneurs and someone who's running two very important organizations get down into the weeds like that is the worst use of his time," Levenson said of Musk's role at X and Tesla. "What that says is that you don't trust anybody that's sitting in management — all the layers between you and them."

Musk is also known to have fired employees who disagreed with his decisions.

Weeks after his takeover of Twitter, now known as X, Musk had a team look through the company's internal messages to find employees who appeared to be insubordinate and later fired those workers, The New York Times reported.

Several ex-employees who previously spoke with Business Insider's Kali Hays also said they felt they were fired because of their thoughts on Musk.

A similar incident occurred at SpaceX when a group of employees were fired shortly after they sent an open letter in 2022 to the company's leadership, calling Musk's behavior "a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us."

The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Musk, accusing the SpaceX CEO of unlawfully firing the employees.

Levenson told BI that one way to address employee concerns or disagreements, at least within the company, is to establish open lines of communication for employees to express any internal issues.

In March, the NLRB also accused Musk's SpaceX of forcing fired or laid-off employees to sign illegal severance agreements that barred them from speaking against the company or joining class-action lawsuits.

Musk's management practices have also been challenged in court.

Former janitors at Twitter's New York office sued Musk in June 2023, claiming they are owed "hundreds of thousands of dollars in back wages."

Other former Twitter employees and executives have sued Musk, accusing him of unpaid severance pay.

"This is the Musk playbook: to keep the money he owes other people and force them to sue him," according to a lawsuit filed by four former Twitter executives. "Even in defeat, Musk can impose delay, hassle, and expense on others less able to afford it."

Spokespeople for Musk, Tesla, X, and SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

• China unveiled robot dogs with machine guns that could replace soldiers.
• The robots can navigate obstacles and fire at targets.
• The move aligns with China's increased military budget and global shift toward robotic warfare.

China has showcased robot dogs capable of firing machine guns in the latest display of its military prowess.

The remote-controlled robots were unveiled during a military training exercise conducted by China and Cambodia earlier this month.

According to a video shared by state broadcaster CCTV, the battery-operated robodogs can function independently for between two and four hours and are capable of moving forward and backward, lying down, and jumping.

They can also plan routes, approach targets, and avoid obstacles, the video said. One of the robots shown in the video was fitted with a rifle to shoot targets, according to CCTV.

Chen Wei, a Chinese soldier, told CCTV that the robot dogs will "serve as a new member in urban combat operations" and can replace the role of human soldiers in identifying and striking targets.

The robot dogs appeared to be supplied by the Chinese manufacturer Unitree, Axios said. The robot dogs on Unitree's website cost between $2,800 and $100,000.

This isn't the first time China has shown off a gun-toting robot dog. Back in 2022, Business Insider reported that China had developed a robot dog that carried a machine gun and could be deployed via drone.

It's just the latest sign of China's growing military capabilities.

China's military recently undertook two-day large-scale drills around Taiwan. As BI previously reported, the drills were used to test China's ability to carry out an assault.

Speaking at a Taiwan policy meeting in February, Wang Huning, the Chinese Communist Party's fourth-ranked leader, said that China planned to "resolutely combat" any sign of Taiwan independence in 2024, Reuters reported.

This comes after China's military spending for this year was estimated to rise to 1.67 trillion yuan, or $231 billion — the biggest increase in five years, Bloomberg reported in March.

Smart machinery is becoming more commonplace for militaries worldwide.

"Living fighters will gradually begin to be replaced by their robotic 'brothers' who can act faster, more accurately, and more selectively than people," Vitaly Davydov, deputy director of Russia's Advanced Research Foundation, said in an interview with RIA cited by Forbes in April 2020.

Meanwhile, the US military is using "non-weaponized" robots supplied by Boston Dynamics. According to its website, the company specializes in robots that can remotely inspect hazardous environments, conduct rescue missions, and perform other logistics operations.

China's Ministry of National Defense and Unitree did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

• Gen Z is reviving Golden Goose sneakers, valued for their shabby chic design.
• Critics question the appeal of the distressed look, but fans love their comfort and style.
• Golden Goose's popularity is rising, with the company valued at €3.3 billion ahead of its IPO.

Golden Goose sneakers were condemned as "cheugy" a few years ago. But Gen Z is bringing them back.

Young people have developed a taste for the shabby chic design of purposefully dirty-looking Golden Goose shoes, which can set them back $500 or more.

On Net-A-Porter, the most expensive Golden Goose shoe costs just over $1,000, while the cheapest is $420.

On Golden Goose's official site, prices go up to $2,350, though customers on social media have reported even higher sums when they go for custom designs.

The brand was founded in 2000 by Italian designers Francesca Rinaldo and Alessandro Gallo. They launched their sneakers in 2007 with the Super-Star model.

According to the fashion retailer Coggles, the beaten-up look is supposed "to demonstrate a nonchalant attitude rather than an unkempt aesthetic."

Interest in Golden Goose sneakers was bubbling among Zoomers last summer and seems to have boomed in 2024.

Other brands, including Balenciaga, Gucci, and Adidas, have dabbled in the distressed sneaker trend, though Golden Goose seems to have cornered the market with hundreds of designs and achieved mass appeal in a way that others haven't.

On TikTok, Golden Gooses are trending, with young consumers loving the aesthetic. Enthusiasts say they are the comfiest shoes they've ever worn, with some describing an addiction to the brand they just can't shake.

Critics say buying Golden Goose sneakers must be a "social experiment" because they can't understand a desire to buy anything that's so dirty and beaten up.

But those who get it just "get it," fans say in response — once a devotee, always a devotee.

Some Golden Goose disciples say they've been questioned about why they would buy dirty shoes, particularly for hundreds of dollars.

But the cool factor seems to lie in their lack of concern. Golden Gooses are becoming a status symbol among young women and men.

In 2024, Panda Dunks are out, and Super-Stars are in.

This is reflected in sales. Net revenues rose 18% in 2023 compared to a year earlier, according to the fashion retail outlet Drapers. Bloomberg recently valued the company at €3.3 billion and reported that it will likely go public in Milan this week. BI has contacted Golden Goose for comment.

Business Insider reported that Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and Hilary Duff are among the shoes' fans. This could factor into investor estimates of the company's valuation being 11 times this year's forecasted earnings.

In December, Golden Goose's CEO, Silvio Campara, told the Financial Times that the company's customers were largely young people and that 80% could be defined as Gen Z or millennials.

Parents aren't as thrilled, though. In one recent TikTok, posted by content creator Sydney Schiffer, she recorded her dad calling her "insane" when he learned how much her Golden Gooses had cost.

"The youth of today," he exclaimed. "It boggles my friggin' mind, there's a company that literally makes sneakers look old and worn?"

When Schiffer's mom noted ripped jeans are in style too, her father asked: "Why don't you just buy my old sneakers?"

Schiffer explained herself in a follow-up video, saying she agreed her love of Golden Goose shoes was irrational because she thought they were "ugly for the longest time."

"Especially for the price, the price is like, makes me want to throw up," she said.

However, when she saw one particular pair, she fell in love.

Schiffer showed off her new sneakers, which were characteristically scuffed and a nude-ish grey color — akin to old sneakers that have been stuffed into multiple suitcases and trudged through dirt over years' worth of vacations.

But, she said, they were the most comfortable shoes she'd ever worn, and they go with every outfit.

"They come dirty, so I don't care when I get them dirty," she said. "These last a lifetime. You don't have to clean them because as they get dirty, they just look more and more like a Golden Goose sneaker."

For this reason, they are good value and she will get her money's worth, Schiffer added.

"Especially by the time I'm 50, and I'm still wearing these."

• Nikeeta Sriram accused Nicholas Jarzabek of turning her $1.675 million home into an illegal Airbnb.
• Jarzabek told BI he plans to countersue his landlord for libel.
• He claims Sriram knew about the subletting and went on to disparage him, leading to death threats.

The tenant of a $1.675 million Los Angeles home, whose owner accused him of turning it into an illegal Airbnb, insists he did nothing wrong.

Nicholas Jarzabek, who also goes by the stage name Nick Diver, now plans to countersue his landlord Nikeeta Sriram, accusing her of libel, among other claims.

"I am not a nightmare tenant. I have never been a nightmare tenant," Jarzabek said in a letter provided to Business Insider by email.

In the letter, he claimed not only that Sriram had stained his reputation, but also that he sublet the property with her knowledge.

The Los Angeles Times reported on a lawsuit filed by 31-year-old Nikeeta Sriram, seeking to kick out Jarzabek and take back the home.

In an interview with the newspaper she called Jarzabek a "nightmare," the term he rejected in his email.

Sriram said she rented her Mid-Wilshire property to Jarzabek in March 2022. It consists of a main house and a separate one-bedroom house in the yard.

According to the lawsuit, reviewed by the Times, Jarzabek initially paid his rent on time and made no repair requests.

However, The Times reported that in December 2023, Sriram discovered her home listed on Airbnb, which she claimed violated the terms of their lease.

As part of the lawsuit, Sriram subpoenaed Airbnb records, which showed that over 16 months between 2022 and 2023, the listing generated $215,954, about $13,500 a month, according to the Times.

Sriram filed for eviction through the Los Angeles Superior Court and sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jarzabek's attorney, the outlet reported.

Jarzabek showed BI a draft of a civil lawsuit where he counters Sriram's claims. He said he plans to file it this week.

In the document, he alleges that Sriram only initiated eviction proceedings when she asked him to leave early and he refused.

He denied breaching the lease's terms, claiming he paid rent on time every month up until eviction proceedings began.

In a letter provided to Business Insider, Jarzabek claimed that earlier in the lease Sriram "didn't care what I did with the properties as long as I paid the rent."

He stated that Sriram knew he was single and had rented him two separate houses, seeming to imply it was obvious he would do something else with the excess space.

"Sriram knew I had guests and knew I sublet," he said. He also claimed she had not expressed any concerns for a year and a half until she wanted to break the lease, which he says was due to continue to September 2024.

Jarzabek's draft lawsuit claims Sriram made "false, misleading, nonfactual, and unfounded" statements about him in the Times article.

He claims the article led to "public hatred, contempt, and ridicule," including threats by people to beat up and kill him and says he is seeking damages of $14,000.

Sriram did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

• College degrees are under fire given the pain of student debt and political and economic troubles.
• Some public university graduates only need to earn over $50,000 for a decade to make a return.
• Graduates pay more to live in popular states but they can win due to better job markets there.

Crushing debt, political furor, and a brutal economic backdrop of historic inflation and higher borrowing costs have fueled fresh skepticism about the value of a college degree.

Yet, stumping up the cash for one may still be worth it financially if it results in significantly higher earnings. That's especially true for public universities that charge in-state tuition: their average alumnus only has to make $50,000 a year during the decade after graduation to make a positive return on their investment, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing new research from Strada Education Foundation.

Alternatively, graduates who can amass $500,000 before taxes over 10 years typically come out ahead and can repay their student loans. The finding holds for state-school graduates across sectors, The Journal said.

"As long as you're above that $50,000, even in the most expensive states, you'll still have that positive return on investment," Nichole Torpey-Saboe, Strada's vice president of research, told the newspaper.

It costs more to live in states like New York and California, but recent graduates can still outearn their peers because of the superior job markets in those states, which often provide better access to internships and entry-level roles.

Strada found that around 80% of state-school graduates in those states scored a return on their college investment, compared to 60% in West Virginia and just over 50% in Idaho, The Journal said.

The nonprofit also revealed that community college doesn't provide as big an earnings bump, and private nonprofit universities tend to be more expensive at $8,000 a year and another $11,000 for room and board.

Taking out a student loan and getting a four-year degree can be daunting for many people, as student loans can haunt borrowers for decades, and college campuses have become a hotspot for protests and political clashes. The prices of food, fuel, and housing have all soared, and monthly payments on credit cards, cars, and mortgages have jumped.

But an affordable degree that bolsters someone's earnings potential and career prospects without breaking the bank can still pay off nicely.

• Russia is producing shells 3 times faster than Ukraine's allies, a report said. 
• The report said Russia was also producing shells more cheaply. 
• Ukraine is being outgunned by Russia. 

Russia is producing artillery shells faster and at a lower price than Ukraine's NATO allies, a report found.

According to an analysis by consulting firm Bain & Company, reported by Sky News, Russia's armaments industry is expected to make or refurbish 4.5 million artillery shells this year.

By comparison, the US, the UK, and other European allies are expected to produce 1.3 million this year.

It said that while the 155mm shells typically produced by Western countries for Ukraine cost around $4,000 to make, the 152mm shells Russia uses cost around $1,000.

Bain & Co. reportedly used open-source data in producing the analysis. Business Insider could not independently verify the data.

Ukraine's military has been experiencing artillery shortages for months as it battles to prevent Russia from breaking through its defensive lines in east Ukraine.

The conflict has developed into a war of attrition, with both sides firing thousands of rounds a day to break down each other's defensive lines.

But while Ukraine's Western allies have struggled to keep up with the relentless demand for shells, Russia has placed its economy on a war footing, ramping up its production of shells and other military equipment.

Images obtained by The Wall St Journal on Monday showed a drone production factory where Russia is aiming to step up its production of the devices.

The recent release of a $61 billion US aid bill by Congress is expected to help Ukraine fend off Russia's attacks, but reports say that Ukraine is still being outgunned on key parts of the front line.

Stacie Pettyjohn, a military analyst at the Center for a New American Security, told BI recently that the Ukraine conflict had exposed serious problems in the US capacity to produce weapons, ammunition, and artillery.

Analysts believe that Russia is gearing up for a war of attrition against Ukraine, in the belief that Western resolve and support for Kyiv will begin to tail off.

• A family was removed from a flight over their daughter's peanut allergy. 
• Cabin crew refused to ask other passengers not to eat nuts, so the family made their own announcement.
• Airlines refusing to make nut allergy announcements is a common problem that frustrates many.

A family was kicked off a flight for orchestrating an announcement over their daughter's peanut allergy, according to multiple reports.

Georgie Palmer was flying along with her husband and two daughters from London to Dalaman, Turkey, with SunExpress on May 21, when the dispute broke out, according to the MailOnline.

Palmer's daughter, Rosie, has a severe peanut allergy that can result in a potentially fatal anaphylactic reaction, she told the outlet.

But airline staff refused to make a standard announcement asking other passengers not to eat peanuts. According to an Instagram post seen by the Mail, Palmer took matters into her own hands.

"We gently asked the passengers at the front of the plane to share our request," she wrote. "Row by row, as swift as a carefully crafted toppling domino trail, all the passengers turned back to kindly ask the row behind to please not eat nuts on the flight."

None of the passengers minded at all, she said.

But, she told the Mail, it enraged the pilot. She said he began to yell at them and ultimately ordered them to leave. As a result, the family spent around $6,400 booking alternative flights and hotels, she said.

In a statement to the Mail, a spokesperson for SunExpress said the airline does not make announcements like this as it "cannot guarantee an allergen-free environment on our flights."

Passengers have to notify the airline of special requirements 48 hours in advance, the spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement. They said Palmer didn't do that.

Palmer, in response, told the BBC that she had tried to make contact but could not reach anyone.

The airline also told the Mail that Palmer's husband, Nick Sollom, was "aggressive" to the crew and "tried to gain access to the cockpit."

Palmer told the BBC that claim was "absolute nonsense."

Speaking to the Mail, Sollom said that he knocked on the cockpit door to discuss the situation with the pilot but denied being aggressive.

In response to these denials, the airline's spokesperson told BI that it "stands by what it has said about this."

The incident highlights the amount of planning frequent flyers with allergies need to undertake, with only a handful of major airlines — including British Airways, Air Canada, Southwest, Delta, and JetBlue making accommodations like this a standard part of their policies.

An advocate for people with serious allergies said SunExpress was at fault.

Nadim Ednan-Laperouse, the co-founder of the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, said in a post to Facebook that SunExpress should "immediately" revisit its policies.

"'Food allergies are an illness not a lifestyle choice, and the experience of this family on board a plane is shocking and unacceptable," he said.

"Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident."

It's true — SunExpress is far from the only airline that has refused to make the potentially life-saving announcement about allergies.

Passengers of United and Lufthansa have described unpleasant encounters over the issue.

In August last year one allergic passenger resorted to spending $185 to buy her flight's entire peanut supply.

• A flight attendant broke her back on a short domestic flight in Turkey after the plane hit turbulence. 
• The incident is the third case this week of mid-flight turbulence causing injuries and even death. 
• The three incidents are not linked, but turbulence is getting worse, a 2023 study showed.

A Turkish Airlines flight attendant has broken her back after the plane she was on hit turbulence, local media reported.

The crew member was working on a short 50-minute domestic flight from Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, to Izmir, in the west of the country.

Shortly after the pilot warned passengers to fasten their seat belts, the Airbus A321 suddenly dropped midair in response to turbulence, Hurriyet, Turkey's biggest newspaper, reported.

The woman, who had only been in the job for two months, was thrown up toward the ceiling and then fell down to the floor of the plane, Hurriyet added.

She was taken to a hospital in Izmir upon landing, where medical staff confirmed that she had a broken vertebra.

The incident is the third case of turbulence causing injuries to passengers widely reported this week.

Over the weekend, 12 people were injured by mid-flight turbulence on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin. The turbulence hit while the plane was flying over Turkey, Dublin Airport told Business Insider.

Upon landing, the flight was met by airport police and emergency services. Eight people were taken to hospital.

It isn't clear if the patch of turbulence hit by the Qatar plane was the same as that which impacted the Turkish Airlines flight.

The weekend's incidents followed one of the worst cases of injuries through turbulence in recent years.

One man died, and more than 100 passengers were injured on board a Singapore Airlines flight last Tuesday after the plane dropped hundreds of feet before stabilizing midair.

Images from the diverted flight show debris strewn across the cabin and blood on the ceiling. 73-year-old Geoff Kitchen, who had an existing heart condition, died on board the flight.

Several passengers suffered traumatic injuries, including paralysis, skull and back trauma, and brain injuries, The Associated Press reported.

34 passengers from the flight remain in hospital, the airline said in a statement on Monday.

Though they have occurred in close proximity, the three dramatic cases of turbulence do not appear to be connected. Instances of severe injuries linked to turbulence remain rare, with around a dozen people a year badly hurt due to turbulence in the US, according to the FAA.

Turbulence, which refers to sharp changes to airflow, is common at high altitudes but is believed to be becoming more severe due to climate change.

In a 2023 study, researchers at the UK's University of Reading found that in 1979, there were around 17.7 hours of severe turbulence over an average point above the Atlantic Ocean. By 2020, this had jumped to 27.4 hours, an increase of 55%.

Some turbulence is easy to spot, as it is linked to storms or heavy clouds. But rising temperatures are causing more "clear air turbulence," which hits suddenly and is harder to avoid.

The only way it can currently be detected is if another flight hits it first and warns others.

Fifteen airlines are working on a solution to better monitor clear air turbulence, the FT reported.

Last week, pilot Emma Henderson told BI that, even though the Singapore Airlines flight was an extreme case, it is a good idea always to wear a seatbelt, even if the sign is off, to protect against turbulence.

Turkish Airlines did not immediately respond to BI's request for comment.