Singapore Airlines Turbulence Problem

[SerenityNigh]

'Clear air' turbulence - the plane drops - you effectively stay where you are - and hit the ceiling with a wallop

Keep your seatbelt on?

CAT is a problem because you can't see what causes it; as there's no obvious geographic or weather event that causes it if there are no pilot reports of turbulence and no clouds formed to suggest turbulence it takes everyone by surprise. It's probably the air risk closest to rogue waves (if that's what they're called) at sea.

 

[SerenityNigh]

 

[Nymzee]

Seatbelts on at all times

 

[SerenityNigh]

kinda hard to read this (or at least I misread it first), blue line is ALT so +400 ft rise from the turbulence with +/- 1500 fpm max rate of climb/descent over what looks like about 1 minute period. must have been terrifying for those on board.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Seatbelts on at all times

imagine trying to hold a child in your hands during that time

 

[Nymzee]

imagine trying to hold a child in your hands during that time

Sellotape them to the seat

 

[Billy Dean]

Was Ray Liotta on the flight !

When I was a young kid I thought his name was Ray Lee Otter

 

[Runub]

I always have the seatbelt on. A plane I was on hit the wake of another plane. It was like hitting a brick wall with no warning sending drinks or anything else loose flying

 

[Blue peter]

Seatbelts on at all times

And nappy

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

kinda hard to read this (or at least I misread it first), blue line is ALT so +400 ft rise from the turbulence with +/- 1500 fpm max rate of climb/descent over what looks like about 1 minute period. must have been terrifying for those on board.

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[blue61]

I experienced this coming back from the Dominican Republic 20 odd years ago. Fortunately, we had already been advised to strap in. I thought we were going to die, even the staff were strapped in for most of the flight (through a massive e storm). The sick bags did a roaring trade.

 

[Littlesue]

I wouldn't be getting on a plane again!!

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Deffo chem trails related this.

More investigation is required here before we can jump to conclusions

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

Deffo chem trails related this.

More likely gay frogs, but I wouldn't rule out us both being right

 

[PhilM]

While it wasn't this severe, I flew into Vienna once through some major turbulence, and it was pretty nauseating and very, very unsettling.

On our final descent, I remember at one point looking out the window (obviously sideways looking) and saw the runway running almost perpendicular to the plane.

"Shouldn't that be in front of us?" went through my mind, I'm not ashamed to say I did a few Hail Marys at that point.