This means that "during take-off, if a heavy category airplane takes off before us, we have to wait two minutes before we are allowed to go. This time ensures the wake turbulence to dissipate and ...

During the incident, two passengers were seriously ... The rotations the plane went through are characteristic of the vortex shape of wake turbulence which is known to induce a rolling motion ...

Experiencing severe turbulence ... border of two pockets of air moving in different directions). This makes the aircraft rise and fall and rock from side to side. Thousands of planes experience ...

Investigators examining the doomed A300 Airbus said they were concerned about wake turbulence ... showed two rattling noises and indicated the pilots mentioned the wake of another plane before ...

or “wake turbulence” caused by another aircraft which took off just two minutes earlier. QF94 passenger Janelle Wilson told The Australianthe “three-quarters-full” plane suddenly entered a ...

Credit: EASA Safety Information Bulletin 2017-10 Fast cruising speeds at high altitude create another direct risk factor for high-altitude wake turbulence encounters. During a “cross track ...

Air India Chairman N Chandrasekaran apologized for the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. Over 270 people died when a Boeing ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) noted that wake turbulence from the Embraer had likely dissipated during the 120 seconds between the two airplanes when the P-Baron “rolled left ...

Encounters with extreme turbulence ... border of two pockets of air moving in different directions). This makes the aircraft rise and fall and rock from side to side. Thousands of planes ...