Popular Post webfact Posted Friday at 02:38 AM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 02:38 AM Picture courtesy: AFR Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 encountered severe turbulence over Thailand, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Bangkok in late May. This incident has raised fresh concerns about the increasing issue of in-flight turbulence, which has been highlighted by several other recent incidents. In the past few months, there have been multiple turbulence-related injuries on major airlines. Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Air Europa have all experienced sudden altitude drops that required medical attention for passengers. The affected Singapore Airlines flight was traveling from London to Singapore when it encountered a violent storm. This week, an Air Europa flight from Madrid to Montevideo faced severe turbulence, injuring 40 passengers. The aviation industry is increasingly worried about these incidents, as turbulence seems to be becoming a more significant threat. Data from the Turbli database shows that the world's most turbulent flights are between Santiago, Chile, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The site, which analyzes 150,000 routes using data from UK and US meteorological agencies, also ranks flights from Tokyo among the roughest long-haul routes. Turbulence usually occurs where air streams traveling at different speeds meet, often at the edges of jet streams, over mountain ranges, or in certain cloud formations. According to Turbli, turbulence on the Santiago-Santa Cruz route is mainly caused by winds blowing from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, nearly perpendicular to the Andes. The equatorial region is another turbulence hotspot, with flights frequently experiencing rough conditions, according to the Hindustan Times. -- 2024-07-05 Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 2 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daveAustin Posted Friday at 02:44 AM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 02:44 AM Flying recently, defo more than normal. Keep them belts on! 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgealbert Posted Friday at 03:07 AM Share Posted Friday at 03:07 AM Korean Air stops in-flight services 40 minutes before landing in turbulence safety measure. The global aviation industry reported that incidents of turbulence doubled in the first quarter of 2024 compared to five years earlier. https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/korean-air-cuts-cabin-services-by-40-minutes-to-prevent-turbulence-related-accidents 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Georgealbert Posted Friday at 03:23 AM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 03:23 AM No Thai airports feature in the regional top ten for airports, when the average turbulence is computed over 100 km diameter circle surrounding it, at its base elevation and at 4000 m (13000 ft) above it. https://turbli.com/historical-data/most-turbulent-airports-of-2023/ 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tropicalevo Posted Friday at 03:34 AM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 03:34 AM Simple solution folks - keep your seatbelts fastened unless going to the loo. 1 3 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted Friday at 04:04 AM Share Posted Friday at 04:04 AM It's either a conspiracy or global warning, too early to tell as yet - but give it time, someone will be along shortly to sort it out. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sungod Posted Friday at 04:47 AM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 04:47 AM 42 minutes ago, Artisi said: It's either a conspiracy or global warning, too early to tell as yet - but give it time, someone will be along shortly to sort it out. Quite possibly BREXIT too, 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted Friday at 05:17 AM Share Posted Friday at 05:17 AM Global warming coupled with cow farts guilty for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted Friday at 05:46 AM Share Posted Friday at 05:46 AM 3 hours ago, webfact said: Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 encountered severe turbulence over Thailand, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Bangkok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted Friday at 05:50 AM Share Posted Friday at 05:50 AM 2 hours ago, Tropicalevo said: Simple solution folks - keep your seatbelts fastened unless going to the loo. And try to time your visit wisely to avoid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazes Posted Friday at 05:53 AM Share Posted Friday at 05:53 AM Brexit, global warming, cow farts.... how come no one has mentioned Trump yet? Is he becoming more respectable now that he is so strongly up in the polls? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieAus Posted Friday at 05:58 AM Share Posted Friday at 05:58 AM 3 hours ago, webfact said: Picture courtesy: AFR Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 encountered severe turbulence over Thailand, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Bangkok in late May. This incident has raised fresh concerns about the increasing issue of in-flight turbulence, which has been highlighted by several other recent incidents. In the past few months, there have been multiple turbulence-related injuries on major airlines. Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Air Europa have all experienced sudden altitude drops that required medical attention for passengers. The affected Singapore Airlines flight was traveling from London to Singapore when it encountered a violent storm. This week, an Air Europa flight from Madrid to Montevideo faced severe turbulence, injuring 40 passengers. The aviation industry is increasingly worried about these incidents, as turbulence seems to be becoming a more significant threat. Data from the Turbli database shows that the world's most turbulent flights are between Santiago, Chile, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The site, which analyzes 150,000 routes using data from UK and US meteorological agencies, also ranks flights from Tokyo among the roughest long-haul routes. Turbulence usually occurs where air streams traveling at different speeds meet, often at the edges of jet streams, over mountain ranges, or in certain cloud formations. According to Turbli, turbulence on the Santiago-Santa Cruz route is mainly caused by winds blowing from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, nearly perpendicular to the Andes. The equatorial region is another turbulence hotspot, with flights frequently experiencing rough conditions, according to the Hindustan Times. -- 2024-07-05 Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe I have experienced turbulence in many regions for years seems to be the luck of the draw. One area that always seems to be consistent is North of Australia heading towards Indonesia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryxyz Posted Friday at 06:41 AM Share Posted Friday at 06:41 AM My last flight from San Francisco to Tokyo experienced nonstop turbulence for more than 6 hours. The pilot actually announced during takeoff that we should keep our seatbelt on because we were going to be experiencing hours of turbulence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john donson Posted Friday at 06:48 AM Share Posted Friday at 06:48 AM TURBULENCE TAX soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Carter icp Posted Friday at 06:53 AM Share Posted Friday at 06:53 AM 2 hours ago, sungod said: Quite possibly BREXIT too, Turbulence first began when Donald Trump go elected 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterphuket Posted Friday at 06:56 AM Share Posted Friday at 06:56 AM Severe turbulence occurred in late May.... Was the plane only found now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Flack Posted Friday at 07:17 AM Share Posted Friday at 07:17 AM Post against forum rules removed. Reminder rule 17. The ASEAN NOW news team collects news articles from various recognised and reputable news sources. The articles may be consolidated from different sources and rewritten with AI assistance These news items are shared in our forums for members to stay informed and engaged. Our dedicated news team puts in the effort to deliver quality content, and we ask for your respect in return. Any disrespectful comments about our news articles or the content itself, such as calling it "clickbait" or “slow news day”, criticizing grammatical errors, will not be tolerated and appropriate action will be taken. Please note that republished articles may contain errors or opinions that do not reflect the views of ASEAN NOW. If you'd like to help us, and you see an error with an article then please use the report function so that we can attend to it promptly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgealbert Posted Friday at 08:23 AM Share Posted Friday at 08:23 AM The Singapore Airlines aircraft, registration 9V-SWM, involved in the turbulence incident on 21 May, has still not yet returned to commercial service. It was allowed to the flown, with no passengers, to Singapore on 26 May, but has since been parked for maintenance, repairs and inspection checks. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodP Posted Friday at 09:02 AM Share Posted Friday at 09:02 AM Please read Captain Flack's earlier comment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted Friday at 09:15 AM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 09:15 AM Solution? Keep your seat-belt on while seated. I do. When I was a private pilot I didn't take my seat-belt off just because I had reached cruising altitude. So why do it in a passenger plane? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted Friday at 09:30 AM Share Posted Friday at 09:30 AM Oh! I forgot. What this really is about is the new trope that cow farts makes commercial flights dangerous and all of you useless eaters should probably stay within the confines of your 15 minute cites and eat bugs. We should be seeing these "commercial flight hits turbulence" stories on a weekly basis now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted Friday at 10:07 AM Share Posted Friday at 10:07 AM 5 hours ago, sungod said: Quite possibly BREXIT too, Nah. Definitely Trump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted Friday at 10:59 AM Share Posted Friday at 10:59 AM 29 minutes ago, connda said: Solution? Keep your seat-belt on while seated. I do. When I was a private pilot I didn't take my seat-belt off just because I had reached cruising altitude. So why do it in a passenger plane? Perhaps because there’s not much chance of a head-on collision in the air? 😜 Used to be a thing, esp in Asia, where numerous people would take the sign being de-lit as their cue to unclick. Like to think people have taken heed that it only means one is free to move about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted Friday at 09:47 PM Share Posted Friday at 09:47 PM I have seen many foolish people take their seat belts off after getting to altitude, and even take their shoes off shortly after departure. if I have left my seat to go to the bathroom, that is the only time my seat belt is off. In flight I loosen it a bit, but it is plain foolish to have the belt completely off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bday Prang Posted Friday at 10:15 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:15 PM whats wrong with taking shoes off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro01 Posted yesterday at 01:37 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:37 AM (edited) 18 hours ago, ryxyz said: My last flight from San Francisco to Tokyo experienced nonstop turbulence for more than 6 hours. The pilot actually announced during takeoff that we should keep our seatbelt on because we were going to be experiencing hours of turbulence Thats always been a bumpy route - I've had the same tokyo/lax. It seems to be signifucantly worse Sept-Oct in my experience. Edited yesterday at 01:37 AM by pedro01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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