This type of turbulence is generally caused when strong winds hit a mountain range (mostly perpendicular) and their flow is ...

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 ...

Related stories What is clear air turbulence? "We all know that there is wind, and we all know that the wind is not even. It's not all going in the same direction at the same speed, at the same ...

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J. J., “A Different Synoptic Look at Some Cases of Clear Air Turbulence”, Technical Report, Eastern Airlines, Inc. (unpublished).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

Of the 10 most turbulent North American flight routes in 2024, eight featured Denver or Salt Lake City, according to findings by Turbli, a "turbulence forecast tool for the curious or fearful flyer." ...

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 ...

The most common type, called clear air turbulence (CAT), is defined by the Federal Aviation Administration as “sudden severe turbulence occurring in cloudless regions that causes violent ...

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 ...