Posted on 10/04/2017 2:56:09 PM PDT by PROCON
Commercial airliners will be buffeted by up to three times more turbulence in future decades, according to a new report.
Experts have warned the risk of mid-air injuries will rise and passengers can expect to spend more time confined to their seats with the seatbelt sign switched on due to rougher skies disturbed by climate change.
On some popular routes for UK travellers, such as transatlantic flights, instances of severe turbulence will increase by 180 per cent, while over Europe the rate is set to worsen by 160 per cent.
Scientists had already noticed that so-called clear-air turbulence (CAT) was on the rise, however the new study by the University of Reading is the first to come up with a comprehensive mathematical model predicting long-term global conditions.
It estimates that by 2050 the rate of inflight injuries will have almost tripled in line with the increased volume of turbulence.
The research team called for better forecasting systems allowing cabin crew to get their passengers seated and belted in time.
“Air turbulence is increasing across the globe, in all seasons and at multiple cruising altitudes,” said Paul Williams, Professor of Atmospheric Science at Reading, who led the new study.
“This problem is only going to worsen as the climate continues to change.”
CAT is the most troublesome type faced by airliners because it is invisible and cannot be detected on radar.
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I like this one - that means 2 margaritas before the flight.
Looks like I’m cancelling my trip to Europe for April 29, 2092.
So if it doesn’t triple, they’ll admit that they were wrong? I didn’t think so.
Agree.
Climate change.
It causes everything.
Funny how they use fraudulent, flawed, and totally inaccurate Models of Global Warming to come up with these predictions.
So much for Science.
LOL!
I gave up flying about 20 years ago. Problems with the shoe inspections, delayed flights, screwed up reservations, lost baggage, and the rest of those things were a great deal more bothersome than midair turbulence.
The gods of the climate cult are all powerful, and will frustrate a wicked and sinful mankind in all ways imaginable.
Climate experts ...
That’s like calling someone
the best accordion player in Harlem.
Not impressed.
Flights in the early 1800’s were very smooth.
Now wait a minute. This has already been going on for how many years? They should have already tripled. So now they’re going to triple triple.
That’s Brass Balls funny!
Chris Rock and Richard Prior, never said anything that profane!
Heh. Thanks.
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ROTFLMAO!
Climate is always changing. Thinking that man causes it or stops it is literally putting oneself (borrowing a favorite phrase from the Progs) “on the wrong side of history”.
I don’t think that severe turbulence is something actually considered as such in these articles. Severe turbulence can bring down an aircraft from what I gather and is a very uncommon situation and avoided at all costs.
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