What exactly is turbulence, and is it at all an indication of danger during a flight?
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Ironically, turbulence is an indication the plane is flying just fine. Turbulence occurs from turbulent air (like hitting waves in a boat as someone else said), which means the plane is producing lift. A common cause of plane crashes are stalls or uncontrolled descents, which means the plane would be in rapid freefall and likely no turbulence. It would probably feel very calm, but the feeling would be like a drop on a roller coaster. If you get that freefall feeling without the plane recovering or hitting some turbulence, then that’s not a good sign haha.
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