Eli5: why isn’t a plane experiencing turbulence considered dangerous?

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Eli5: why isn’t a plane experiencing turbulence considered dangerous?

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Do note that turbulence is the reason why they recommend you keep on your seat belt while in flight.

Pilots can to a certain extent, estimate the severity of turbulence based on weather data and their flight instrumentation which is why they turn on the seat belt sign when they expect to go through a rough patch.

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