Posted on 05/21/2024 6:12:21 PM PDT by jerod
Most people who have flown have likely felt their stomach drop when the "fasten seatbelt" sign switches on during a bumpy flight, but turbulence can be severe and experts warn it's becoming more common.
"Turbulence fatalities on commercial flights are fortunately very rare, but have sadly increased by one today," Paul Williams, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Reading, U.K., told CBC News in an email interview.
On Tuesday, one passenger was killed and 30 were injured after a Singapore Airlines flight from London hit severe turbulence en route, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Bangkok, officials and the airline said. A passenger on board the flight told Reuters the plane dropped dramatically, launching everyone not wearing a seatbelt into the ceiling.
A 73-year-old British man died during the incident, likely due to a heart attack, Suvarnabhumi airport general manager Kittipong Kittikachorn told a news conference. Seven people were critically injured with head injuries.
Turbulence — a sudden, violent shift in air flow — is the most common cause of airline accidents involving injuries, according to a 2021 study by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). From 2009 through 2018, the U.S. agency found that turbulence accounted for more than a third of reported airline accidents and most resulted in one or more serious injuries.
And it's likely only going to get worse due to climate change, climate and aviation experts have noted. There is strong evidence that turbulence is increasing because of climate change, Williams said, citing his own research that severe clear-air turbulence in the North Atlantic has increased by 55 per cent since 1979.
"Our latest future projections indicate a doubling or tripling of severe turbulence in the jet streams in the coming decades, if the climate continues to change as we expect," he said...
Absolute, nonsense!!! As a longtime pilot... there has been no changes in turbulence that I am aware of. This is crap that is not based on actual data.
“Climate change is making turbulence worse, although deaths are still rare, experts say”
even worse, the wind resistance from all of those windmills is slowing the rotation of the earth ... soon there will be at least 25 hours in a day ...
Is there anything globull warming can’t do? It’s like the quicker, pickeruper.
So called experts. Spit. 💩🤮
I’ve been flying for a living for 35 years, currently I fly the Boeing 777. This is utter BS, I don’t know where they come up with this stuff.
More “Experts”. So called by themselves, they are actually incredibly stupid.
Okay CBS. How would you fix it? Maybe have some of those highly respected climatologists on so they can explain what will mitigate these events. They have had over 40 years to discuss this and put plans in place to resolve climate change. Now they should put together a project plan to perform this miracle.
On the author...
https://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~williams/
“... and Chelsea Clinton and Cher have tweeted about my research...”
Say no more.
Bull hockey. Turbulence is turbulence. It’s been a long cold spring in Raleigh, NC. I am tired of it. No global warming here. It’s been 60 degrees forever.
When the headline has “experts” in it there is no need to read further.
“I’ve been flying for a living for 35 years, currently I fly the Boeing 777.”
Between you and me, the plan comes out as the hero. No problem has been reported with the plane itself, or its pilots for that matter.
The lesson for me is to keep my seat belt on.
I saw that on the news this morning. Everything is worse because of climate change apparently.
On the same news show they also claimed tornadoes are worse and more frequent because of climate change. Every day all the morning news shows start with weather doom.
BS,,,,turbulence is a phenomenon of mother nature and generally forecast by weathermen world wide.
wind farms causing all these problems including tornadoes.
Those protesting “climate change” should go to the Middle East and protest the drillers for oil.
“Climate change is making turbulence worse, although deaths are still rare, experts say”
even worse, the wind resistance from all of those windmills is slowing the rotation of the earth ... soon there will be at least 25 hours in a day ...
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