It appears the Boeing 777-300 encountered clear air turbulence over the Bay of Bengal, south of the southern tip of Myanmar, just before 9am British time. A turn towards Bangkok and a rapid ...
Two women involved are seeking monetary compensation for the damages they sustained. One of the victims, Deborah Grymes, ...
Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) is invisible at high altitudes, often near jet streams, posing danger with no visual cues.
Clear-air turbulence: How common is it and why is it so dangerous? Clear-air turbulence can catch pilots off-guard since it doesn't come with visible warnings in the sky ahead. Flight turbulence ...
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A TikTok user posted a photo of what seemed like a pleasant flight before things turned bumpy when the plane flew through a ...
Radical changes to air travel are expected after a British passenger died of a heart attack when a Singapore Airlines flight from Heathrow to Singapore hit severe turbulence last month. Experts ...
Clear air turbulence (CAT) - temperature changes creating wind shear - different wind speeds and direction in close proximity, often around the jet stream. While thunderstorms can create severe ...
In a similar incident, seven passengers on a commercial Lufthansa flight were hospitalized after running into "clear-air turbulence." In December, 36 people were injured during turbulence on a ...
While engineers have made progress in analyzing the threats of convective weather (or thunderstorm formation), clear air turbulence is not associated with moisture, and existing systems cannot ...
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