What exactly is turbulence, and is it at all an indication of danger during a flight?
In: Physics
The atmosphere is made up of moving streams of air, and when two or more such streams collide they create uneven flow patterns which, for a plane passing through them, would appear as a multitude of strong winds pushing the plane in alternating directions.
All commercial planes are tested extensively to be able to withstand such turbulence. It’ll cause some shaking but no structural damage unless something else was already wrong with the plane.
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