One example that shows why wake turbulence is taken so seriously concerns a Bombardier Challenger 604 jet which had the misfortune of flying within 1,000 vertical feet of an Airbus A380.

Weather at high altitudes (storms and clear air turbulence), microbursts at ground level and wake turbulence caused by other aircraft can all be included under the term “turbulence” according to Young ...

EDMONTON (Jan 17, 2008) - Turbulence from the wake of a passing aircraft could have caused an Air Canada jet to suddenly descend last week, injuring 10 people.

Wake turbulence was determined to be the cause of this July 10, 2009 plane crash that killed Jeremy Ryan Sunderland, 28, and Mathew Douglas Pedersen. Photo by bill keay / Vancouver Sun ...

In January, 2008, wake turbulence was linked to an incident in which an Air Canada Airbus A319, en route from Victoria to Toronto, became caught in the wake of a 747 over northern Washington state.

Indirectly blaming air traffic controllers, Bek Air chief executive Nurlan Zhumasultanov said the jet may have been cleared for take-off too soon. “In calm weather, wake turbulence persists for ...

Turbulence from the wake of a passing aircraft could have been what caused an Air Canada jet to suddenly descend last week, injuring 10 people. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says any ...

Flight QF94, two hours after taking off from Los Angeles to Melbourne on the night of June 10, plunged upon hitting the wake turbulence of another Qantas A380 that was on its way to Sydney, the ...

Kazakh carrier Bek Air said Monday the deadly crash of a jet near Almaty last week may have been caused by wake turbulence, an explanation immediately disputed by the Central Asian nation's air ...

Heavy Is A Warning About The Intense Turbulence Left In An Aircraft's Wake When a pilot says "heavy," they're telling air traffic control that they're piloting a large plane that's creating a very ...

One example that shows why wake turbulence is taken so seriously concerns a Bombardier Challenger 604 jet which had the misfortune of flying within 1,000 vertical feet of an Airbus A380.