Plume-like cloud ‘shot’ in front of Hawaiian Airlines flight seconds before turbulence injured 25, pilot says

nbc ^ | Jan. 13, 2023 | Tim Stelloh

[ViLaLuz]

Can a sub launched missile do such a thing?

[KC_for_Freedom]

I believe if the turbulence was a missile the pilots would have seen it, missiles tend to lead their air flow.

[logi_cal869]

Preliminary NTSB report.

We won’t know anything more until the final report (1-2 years).

I expect ‘swamp gas’. /s

[PLMerite]

“Is there video of the plume?”

Probably not unless the plane had a dashcam.

[Organic Panic]

Whale Fart.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

If you are going to the bathroom, then it is just bad luck. If you are sitting in your seat WITHOUT the seatbelt going 500+ miles an hour at 38,000 feet, then you are STUPID and earn all the injuries you get!

[Bigbrown]

On a recent flight from Sydney to Incheon my First Officers hit clear air turbulence wile I was in the bunk. Levitated my about a foot, then slammed me into the bunk. Dropped 750’ and the climbed 800’ above our assigned altitude. I knew I needed to be back in my seat but there was no safe way to get there!

[Islander2]

“Not to mention all the underwear that had to be disposed of 😏” You just mentioned the “unmentionables”

[Chode]

comment should be on the recorder then...

[Roman_War_Criminal]

A series of false flags might be on the verge of happening. I wouldn’t put it past these evil demons in charge.

[Clutch Martin]

It’s not listed here

https://w1.weather.gov/glossary/index.php?letter=a

[EVO X]

Maybe it falls into this category?:

Moisture Advection

Transport of moisture by horizontal winds.

[Clutch Martin]

I’ll check that out, thanks.

[BenLurkin]

I wasn’t entirely satisfied with that as a possible explanation since the cells were only “near” the flight path and the plume appeared directly in front of them.

(Though I suppose there still may have been a connection.)

[GingisK]

Same sort of cloud that nailed TWA800?

[Candor7]

https://youtu.be/1laTayXH5as

[Svartalfiar]

You’d think part of the blackbox recording would be a video feed of the front of the aircraft, like a dash-cam. A camera, a bit of wire, and a hard drive big enough to hold several hours of 720p or so, would cost almost nothing compared to the rest of the plane.