I saw this circulating, the lead flight attendant on the phone with the pilot trying to get to the bottom of the turbulence
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Singapore Airlines Turbulence Problem
- Thread starter Shevin Keedy
- Start date
- Status
I saw this circulating, the lead flight attendant on the phone with the pilot trying to get to the bottom of the turbulence
I’d say a descent rate of 1000/1500fpm is what you’d call a controlled descent based on a possible course change or to avoid an area of turbulence.
The graph shows the aircraft meeting turbulence before the descent.
most important data there is time, which is admittedly very hard to read. All of that happens in a few seconds. 1500 fpm is a mild vertical speed rate in most circumstances, but the 3000 fpm change in rate over what's probably a 15s period is a huge shift for an airplane that size. It'd be easier to read if load (g forces) were graphed, but I'm sure we'll get that later in the report.
*it looks like all of the action happens between 07.49.21z and 07.50.32z, which I think means it was a total of 71s.
Hear all the horror stories but still one of the safest methods of transport. If it wasn't, you'd know.
@SerenityNigh @Mutzo Nutzo can you 2 stop having Air traffic control sex and explain for the laymen.
Hahaha brilliantlet us have our fun!
GoldenToffee
Player Valuation: £60m
Great airline SA, best I've flown with. Obviously neither airline nor plane or pilot at error for what happened. Just keep your seatbelt on.
As Jim Ross of WWF fame would have put it, I bet there was all kinds of human rubble strewn amongst the aisles there.
As Jim Ross of WWF fame would have put it, I bet there was all kinds of human rubble strewn amongst the aisles there.
Plane flies into an area of turbulence - real nasty stuff - so the crew change course and drop altitude to get out of the turbo.
They descend at a rate of 1000/1500 feet per minute over what looks like a period of 3 minutes.
The cabin would’ve been full of bodies, bags blood and vomit. Scary stuff.
My best mate can flight light aircraft, but unfortunately for him failed his commercial license coz he's got bumholes for eyes.
@Exeter_Gently I largely agree with Nutzo except I think all the excitement happens over just a few seconds. Imagine a roller coaster, but nobody was prepared for it.
Ok but can he pull off a 4g inverted dive with a MiG28?
Had a terrible experience coming back from Mexico a couple of days after Katrina hit New Orleans...affected me ever since.
My old man worked at British aerospace for years building wings for jumbo's and even his reassurances haven't worked.
When I asked, he was less keen on being my wingman than I hoped, but he did say I could be his, which was charming.
It can be really unpleasant, no doubt about that, and it affects some far worse than others. I'm generally ok in airplanes but you stick me in a boat with just the lightest of chop and my legs go.
- Status