What exactly is turbulence, and is it at all an indication of danger during a flight?
In: Physics
My turbulence story – years ago – big storms up and down the US East Coast, and I’m flying from Florida to NYC.
Flights are being cancelled everywhere, and we passengers are sitting at the gate, waiting to board. The gate agent announces, “Our pilot says that if we can take off in the next 20 minutes, they *have* to let us land in New York.”
Well, the slammed us into the plane and we took off. Let me tell you, the last 45 minutes into Kennedy, I think it was, was a Nantucket Sleigh Ride in the sky.Holy %3$!?*. FAs were strapped in and not getting up for *nothin’*!
That’s the only time I’ve been worried on a plane.
But, he was right – they *had* to let us land, and they did!
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