PIREP 01:48Z 02/08/08
ABQ UUA /OV ABQ005025/TM 0148/FL300/TP B737/TB SEV 300/RM 1 INJURY AWC-WEBSWA
Hot off the pilot reports of turbulence, an injury due to severe turbulence on a Southwest flight occurred over New Mexico.
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PIREP 20:26Z 02/07/08
FYV UUA /OV 20W RZC/TM 2026/FL210/TP B52/TB MOD-SEVERE TURB/RM ZME
It’s not every day that you see a pilot report of turbulence from such a formidable plane. Today though, is one of those days.
Written by tb_neg on February 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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When the winds are strong and in the right direction, people flying to Nevada and Southern California can expect very rough rides.
PIREP 00:34Z 02/04/08
HND UUA /OV LAS225020 /TM 0034 /FL120 /TP B757 /TB MOD-SEV
PIREP 00:52Z 02/04/08
LAS UUA /OV LAS180025 /TM 0052 /FL110 /TP B757 /TB SEV
PIREP 00:10Z 02/04/08
PSP UUA /OV PSP /TM 0010 /FL050 /TP B737 /TB CONT SEV /RM 5-7 MILE FINAL/AC DIVERTED/SW4 CRJ ALSO RE
Written by tb_neg on February 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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A major winter storm is headed towards the great lakes. With snowfalls of 12 inches expected in some areas, DTW and ORD may be slow going for connections, effecting United, American, and Northwest. Along with system, flights are experiencing moderate turbulence.
Written by tb_neg on January 31st, 2008 with no comments.
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Six people were taken to local hospitals after a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Chicago hit severe turbulence early this morning and was diverted to Denver.
Several of the people injured were members of the flight crew, so the plane was delayed while another crew took over the flight, Denver International Airport spokesman Chuck Cannon said.
Cannon described the injuries as “fairly minor,” such as complaints about back pain.
The plane landed at DIA around 3 a.m., and paramedics were called to check on passengers, he said.
Note some articles say 10 were injured.
Written by tb_neg on January 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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British Airways Flight 38, despite losing power to both engines, was saved by an incredibly skilled flight crew, and managed to land the plane short of the runway with only minor injuries and no fatalities at London’s Heathrow airport. There is no official cause to the incident yet, but an official report and findings can take years of investigating. Some might call it a miracle, but I think that it takes away from the skilled crew that saved everyone’s lives.
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Written by tb_neg on January 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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CrankyFlier posted a fascinating video of a undular bore, which may have caused the severe turbulence on Air Canada Flight 190, that injured 10 passengers and forced the plane to make an emergency landing to treat the passengers.
Written by tb_neg on January 16th, 2008 with 1 comment.
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Air Canada Flight 190 may have hit a very rare phenomenom called an ‘Atmospheric Bore’, a sort of tidal wave in the sky. They are exceptionally rare.
A rogue aerial wave known as an atmospheric bore may have thrown an Air Canada jetliner into a series of rolls and dives that injured 10 people and knocked out part of the airplane’s computer system this week.
University of Western Ontario physics professor Wayne Hocking, an expert in atmospheric turbulence, said conditions in the area where the Airbus A319 was thrown out of control Thursday morning were likely to produce the rare and powerful phenomenon, which he described as a high-altitude version of a tidal bore.
Written by tb_neg on January 15th, 2008 with 4 comments.
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AeroChannel, a new website that predicts how long it will take you to get to the gate of your airplane, has written an article on turbulence.
Explaining the turbulence, the pilot said they had hit a significant amount of windshear on the approaches. On the flight back, Snyder noticed the same crew working onboard the plane. When he mentioned to one of the flight attendants that he had been on the “windshear” flight, her face turned ghostly white. “I’ve never been so scared before,” the flight attendant confessed. And then she said, “I thought we were going to crash.”
Read about the turbulence experienced by CrankyFlier on a flight to Charlotte, and also learn more about turbulence including some turbulence encounters that people have had.
Written by tb_neg on January 10th, 2008 with no comments.
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An Air Canada flight from Victoria to Toronto was transformed into a terrifying white-knuckle roller-coaster that saw the jet violently plunge, pitch and yaw, tossing passengers, dishes and a cart about the cabin.
Turbulence Forecast reminds you to buckle up at all times, even if the flight seems smooth. You never know when turbulence will hit.
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Written by tb_neg on January 10th, 2008 with 5 comments.
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