Turbulence Forecast Blog » Uncategorized

Number three for Qantas

tb_neg — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:47:50 +0000

Beleaguered Qantas has had yet another incident, bringing it up to number three in a very short time period. This time around, hydraulic fluid began leaking from a wing control mechanism.

Edmonton Sun Article.

Qantas

Rowdy passengers cause different kind of flight turbulence

tb_neg — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:22:50 +0000

An American Airlines flight that was delayed a mere hour and half ended up never leaving the ground because passengers started booing the late flight crew and started acting hostile towards them. The crew, citing a ‘hostile work environment’, refused to work the flight. American ended up canceling the flight, and in the ultimate bit of irony, when the flight left the next morning and arrived at LGA, the bags were sent to JFK. Given it was a Florida based flight, delays are almost inevitable this time of year and the passengers were being unreasonable.

See the story and video here.

Laminar Flow vs Turbulent Flow

tb_neg — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:45:16 +0000

Here are two great approximations of turbulence near the jet stream. While the jet stream can cause a turbulent flight, it can also be smooth. This is why turbulence is so hard to predict.

Turbulent

Laminar