You're Not Wrong, Turbulence is Worse | WIRED

It's not just you—in-flight turbulence really is getting worse. WIRED spoke with pilot Andrea Themely and atmospheric scientist Dr. Paul Williams about why conditions are becoming more severe and how the scientific and commercial aviation communities are approaching the future of air travel.



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Director: Katherine Wzorek
Director of Photography: Jack Belisle
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Andrea Themely; Dr. Paul Williams
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Kameryn Hamilton
Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Rahil Ashruff
Gaffer: Mar Alfonso
Production Assistant: Caleb Clark
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell; Courtney Karwal


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[jopo]

He explained this so well I returned my seat to an upright position.

[sblbate]

If Prigozhin's flight had been a day later he might've known about the risks of turbulence.

[andrewchapman]

I was on the toilet when we hit turbulence. It actually helped me unload.

[TheSieBee]

This was an interesting video.

I actually experienced bad turbulence one time on the way out of Guatemala City. It felt like we dropped for a couple seconds (had that weightless feeling, and saw a guy in front of me hair float up for a couple seconds) and the next thing i knew the pilot pushed that plain up and over the system we were trying to get past. That was 30 minutes into a four hour flight. Lol

[markedis]

I remember back in the 1980s flying and suddenly getting that weightless feeling, my glass lifted off the tray table and my scotch lifted out of the glass. I watched quite fascinated as they slowly moved back down and settled on the table without a drop spilled. Then I was pushed into my seat feeling like I weighed double. I asked the cabin crew about it later in the flight and apparently we had fallen nearly 2000 foot in just over a second.

[JoshuaGold]

That trick with a drink only works sometimes. Other times, the turbulence causes the drink to spill on you.

[jenmorricone]

Keep your seatbelt ON.... there's a reason ! You do not want a head and neck injury.

[rachelgooden]

At the end, when he said he just orders a drink, first thing that came to mind was ‘gin and tonic’

[sofiagonzalezgt]

At the end is he implying that we should get wine, rum, whiskey ??? I need clarification on which one can help me see the turbulence more still. 😂😂😅😅

[andytranter]

I love when they forget and leave the seatbelt light on for 6 hours

[deathchips]

Hopefully this drives innovation to avoid clear air turbulence

[fofwew]

EVERYONE STRAP YOUR SEATBELTS!! CAUSE THERE'S ABOUT TO BE SOME TURBULENCE!!!

[MohammedKhaled-jugy]

Narrow bodies get bounced around more than wide body aircrafts. Atleast in my experience

[osmsiddiqi_photo]

Choice of airplane model - 737 Max - cool, that's no reassurance.

[killrbyysight]

just wen I thought I'm going to overcome my fear of flying.. by watching turbulence videos and getting exposed to it as suggested by my therapist... this is the first video that showed up ✌️🙌👏

[evolancer]

Love the physical model plane simulation there lol

[mandroid]

Is this the right use of "circumnavigate"?

[darkcheeto]

I've never been on a plane in my life. thank you whoever made cars it doesn't matter how long it takes to drive to my vacation spots, I do not care because I enjoy driving.

[PikkaBite]

So basically it will not change that much in the flight planning phase. Flight routes have been calculated and decided based on weather forecasts and winds since forever. Flights might get bumpier, but that's it. Planes are designed to withstand a certain amount of turbulence. This will not put an halt to air travel, that's for sure.

[martinc.]

Airplanes moving around more in the next few decades as they will try and avoid turbulence.

Reduced space between aircraft in the next few decades due to an increase in air traffic.

That's not going to be a problem for ATC's...