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May 21, 2024
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StantonMac
Monkey see monkey do
I watched a video that showed the weather radar at the time
There were some pretty severe storm cells they were trying to fly between.
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Update on what is known about the Singapore flight that hit turbulence
Division Bell
Recovering
May 21, 10:17pm
yikes
4mack
May 21, 10:26pm
Not taking lightly the admonition to wear seatbelts while seated.
Archaea
May 21, 10:29pm
So kind of a freak incident of nature I guess?
Mister P
May 21, 10:34pm
What kind of turbulence forces a plane to drop suddenly for so long? I understand how lift works with airspeed
SierraCoug
May 21, 10:38pm
How long?
Tesla Coug
May 21, 10:42pm
Yeah, my bad. I guess I assumed from the description of a dramatic drop, it was more than just a few seconds. The video
SierraCoug
May 21, 10:46pm
Down drafts in a storm cloud is one way.
StantonMac
May 21, 10:47pm
And microbursts (lower to the ground)
Division Bell
May 21, 10:56pm
“Drop” is a word that gets used often by passengers in these situations. It’s what they feel. The truth is though very
Busting Coveys
May 21, 11:10pm
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J. Walter Weatherman
May 21, 11:37pm
I think I saw it was a 100 foot descent followed by a 300 ascent
StantonMac
May 22, 8:15am
That’s not very much fluctuation especially in severe to extreme turbulence.
Busting Coveys
May 22, 8:35am
This is the video I saw
StantonMac
May 22, 8:58am
It dropped about 6000 feet
JOPE
May 22, 12:20am
I suspect that it did not drop 6,000 feet.
Busting Coveys
May 22, 8:42am
The stories are saying now that it suddenly and sharply descended 6000 feet in 3 minutes
JOPE
May 22, 9:10am
Even that’s not dropping. That’s a 2,000 foot per minute descent which is pretty normal on most descents.
Busting Coveys
May 22, 9:22am
I once knew a flight attendant who would wish for turbulent flights. That way,
Cougar Junkie
May 21, 10:40pm
I watched a video that showed the weather radar at the time
StantonMac
May 21, 10:46pm
I served with a Bishop that on a return business trip flight from Japan, that
RebelScum
May 21, 11:50pm
So he said a passenger aircraft was inverted? As Iceman would say, that's bovine
Emmett Fitz-Hume
May 22, 12:33am
No, he never said it was inverted. He just said it rolled and went into a dive.
RebelScum
May 23, 11:46pm
Pure nightmare fuel
DavisCoCoug
May 22, 3:30am
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