See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Concerns are sure to be raised about the dangers of airplane turbulence ...

Turbulence, particularly clear air turbulence, is becoming more frequent and severe. The three main types of turbulence are mountain wave, convective, and clear air turbulence. Staying buckled up ...

Photo by WTL via Flickr. No frequent flyer is a stranger to turbulence. But what causes it, and how dangerous is it? Turbulence is the random, chaotic motion of air, caused by changes in air currents.

Air travel and turbulence have always gone hand in hand with many flights, especially long haul, experiencing spells of bumpiness. The severe episode on board a Singapore Airlines plane in which one ...

A passenger died and others were injured when a Singapore Airlines flight encountered turbulence while en route to Singapore from London, dropping from 37,000 feet to 31,000 feet in a matter of ...

Turbulence is being examined more closely in the wake of several recent incidents. An expert in aviation and the climate told BI how the warming atmosphere makes turbulence worse. One study found the ...

Turbulence is essentially unstable air that moves in an unpredictable fashion. Most people associate it with heavy storms. But the most dangerous type is clear-air turbulence, which often occurs with ...

What is turbulence, and how bad can a bumpy flight really be? The answer to the latter question is, well, pretty bad, as four Alaska Airlines crew members learned the hard way over the holidays after ...