Turbulence is caused by eddies of “rough air” – a bit like waves becoming choppy at sea. The Federal Aviation Administration defines clear-air turbulence (CAT) as “sudden severe turbulence ...

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George, J. J., “A Different Synoptic Look at Some Cases of Clear Air Turbulence”, Technical Report, Eastern Airlines, Inc. (unpublished). Moore, R. L., Douglas ...

"We get better at detecting turbulence all the time, and it will get even better in the future," Casner says. While clear air turbulence is still difficult to detect because it's invisible ...

Multiple analysts CNA spoke to believe Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 was hit by clear-air turbulence due to the sudden nature of the incident. Here's what we know about the phenomenon ...

In a similar incident, seven passengers on a commercial Lufthansa flight were hospitalized after running into "clear-air turbulence." In December, 36 people were injured during turbulence on a ...

For instance, if the pilots in one aircraft report turbulence at a specific altitude, those flying behind that plane may adjust their altitude to "find clear air," as you might hear over the ...

Tim Clark, president of Emirates, the world's largest international carrier, said it is a "fact of life" that there has been "an uptick in clear air turbulence in the last year or two".

A type of invisible, unpredictable air turbulence is expected to occur more frequently in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, according to new research. Known as clear air turbulence ...