Is Turbulence Getting WORSE?

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I always keep the seatbelt on especially when I'm sleepy. I don't want to wake up by my head smashing into the cieling.

I flew in Europe a few weeks after this incident and I noticed that the vast majority had their belt on for the whole flight , in my previous experiences, there’s always been a unanimous sound of buckles being undone as soon as the sign goes off, but not on this flight. Did definitely notice a change in culture

I always keep my seatbelt on, especially since I like to sleep on planes, and would need to be awake to hear any fasten seat belt warnings.

I’ve been 100% on board with seat belts all the time since learning of the Aloha Airlines airline where a huge section of fuselage disappeared. The seat belts kept those people from flying away. Only casualty was an unfortunate, veteran flight attendant who was in the aisle.

A razor advert in a turbulence video - imagine trying to shave on a shaky flight… 😂

Back in 1995, my wife and I went to Hong Kong on a company sponsored award program. On the way back home we flew Singapore Airlines from Hong Kong to Hawaii, a 14 hour trip. On that trip at about 1am in the morning we experienced sudden extreme turbulence without any warning. Some people were laying across several seats and others although seated did not have seat belts on. Suddenly the plane dropped violently about 3000 feet as if hit by a huge fly swatter, and anyone and anything not belted down hit the ceiling or overhead luggage compartments. Even several heavy beverage carts slammed into the ceiling and crashed back down. Fortunately my wife and I were belted in our seats so we watched as everything slammed into the ceiling. It was terrifying and many people were injured. Apparently as we learned later we had flown into a Typhoon. We landed safely in Hawaii hours later and were still shaken by the experience to the point my wife did not want to fly the next leg from Hawaii to San Francisco. She wanted to take a ship but when she learned it was 6000 miles and would take a week she grudgingly got back on the airplane. We will never forget those terrifying seconds of violent turbulence.

I keep the seatbelt moderately firmly fastened whenever I'm sitting down, which is most of the flight. I happened to be walking back from the toilet during a moderate negative G event and my normal walk launched me off the floor for several steps which was a LOT of fun, but I was very aware that I was lucky and got back to my seat quickly and put the seatbelt on quite firmly indeed.

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I cannot now unsee "CAT turbulance" as an invisible cat swatting at aircraft, because cats are gonna cat.

Today, July 1, air europa flight madrid-montevideo was hit by severe turbulence and had to divert to Natal, in Brazil. According to bbc: "Airport officials said some passengers needed medical assistance and were taken to the nearest hospital. A local medical team told Brazilian media they attended to at least 30 passengers of various nationalities and that 10 of them were taken to hospital. The patients had hit their heads during the turbulence and suffered injuries including cranial fractures and cuts to the face, the team added."

I have been aware of Clear Air Turbulence from a very early age. Back in the sixties my parents subscribed to a children's general knowledge magazine called 'Finding Out', and one article featured a giant, smiling cartoon CAT waving its paw and sending a hapless jet onto a rollercoaster ride! Being a cat lover I've always remembered this idea of using the acronym for Clear Air Turbulence to spell out my favourite pet animal!

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Oh, great, I was a bit bummed that there were no new uploads during the weekend, but now all is good.

Been flying as a passenger since about 1960. A lot was 'Unaccompanied Minor', in those far off days, I was chucked on the jump seat to be out of the cabin crews way. Knew my way around a DC3 cockpit before I knew the controls of car. Was ALWAYS seat belt on! Have done every time I fly.

I find it very annoying when people next to me instantly unbuckle their belts when the seatbelt light turns off, and when the plane just touches down.

Makes me wonder: why are hot drinks allowed on flights? In a bottle or other closed container it seems acceptable, but with many injuries from turbulence accidents being caused by burns, prohibiting hot drinks in open containers seems like it would improve safety

Keep your seatbelt on, even loosley - you can always cinch it up quickly if you suddenly "feel light". Much quicker to cinch it than to plug it in.

What I don't get is why we don't yet have a regulation requiring passengers to be loosely buckled up at all times while seated... there are literally zero reasons not to do so. And to make it worse, you even endanger the people sitting next to you when you go flying out of your seat and crash into them.

This is such great content! My undergrad degree was in physics, so I love your gift for presenting concepts (here, wing-tip vortices) clearly and without dumbing-down. Links to deeper dives and citation of information sources is fun for us nerds out there. It also means that your videos are trustworthy and very responsible.