Turbulence is the irregular, sometimes violent motion of air that can jostle an aircraft, ranging from mild bumps to abrupt jolts. It is primarily caused by disturbances in the atmosphere, and can be ...

Mountains, storms, and the jet stream all affect airplane turbulence. Though it is usually more nerve-wracking than dangerous, a handful of passengers suffer injuries due to rough air each year.

Air turbulence can be an unnerving experience – and in a world warming under the effects of climate change, it is only set to ...

CBS News reported that a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam made an emergency landing at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday evening, after severe turbulence injured ...

Your flights will probably get noticeably bumpier over the next few years, according to new research on how climate change is affecting turbulence. Paul Williams is a professor of atmospheric science ...

A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam that was hit by serious turbulence Wednesday, sending 25 people on board to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minnesota, ...

A frequent traveler learned, painfully, how turbulence can jolt even big jets. Sept. 15, 2012— -- Frequent business traveler Allen Crockett learned a painful lesson about how wind turbulence can ...

Turbulence on a recent Air Canada flight was so rough it caused food and drinks to spill all over the airplane cabin aisle and splatter onto ceiling. Flight AC19 departed from Vancouver on Friday and ...

This UGC picture taken on July 1, 2024 and released as a courtesy by passenger Claudio Fernandez Arbes shows damages in an Air Europa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner after it made an emergency landing in ...