Comments on: Deadly Turbulence

By: Craig P Ivinson

Craig P Ivinson — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 08:42:45 +0000

Turbulence. This has always been in the skies above our heads since man first walked on the planet and before. Its nothing new the only new item is the fact that man now flies above the ground in it. All land based motorists would call it the ‘pot holes in the sky’ to be avoided at all costs, but when you fly you can’t see it its invisible you may have an indication from cloud formations in the distance in front of you. The best thing we can all do is wear our seat belt unless we need to use the rest room facilities when we fly, after all we wear a seat belt in a car when on the move so why not an aeroplane it could save you from a serious injury if we hit a rough spot on our flight.

By: Julianne Adamik

Julianne Adamik — Thu, 30 May 2024 23:42:19 +0000

I always wear my seatbelt when flying. Why not? Should be mandatory, not just “suggested.” I’m so accustomed to wearing a seatbelt in a moving vehicle that it feels weird to not wear it when on a plane.

By: Gail Fowler

Gail Fowler — Thu, 30 May 2024 14:20:35 +0000

Why, if there is a simple answer, are seatbelts not required to be worn ( when seated) for the entire flight? It is always ‘suggested’, but not required.

By: Michael Kennedy

Michael Kennedy — Wed, 29 May 2024 21:58:52 +0000

40 years of flying and I can only remember three or four bad turbulence experiences – only one of which was not predicted. None of them did damage but had pax not been strapped in the results might have been different.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 29 May 2024 19:13:07 +0000

I can’t help but notice that every article namechecks Boeing whenever *anything* happens involving a Boeing aircraft, even when the incident has nothing to do with the plane itself. I’m the first person to bemoan Boeing’s loss of its safety culture, but these journalistic jabs are completely idiotic.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 29 May 2024 18:21:47 +0000

I’ve wondered what impact these types of severe turbulence have on the airplanes themselves – can a plane be significantly damaged? Although they seem to come out of these disturbances relatively intact, that would be my primary concern.

By: UncleStu

UncleStu — Wed, 29 May 2024 16:25:35 +0000

“Can you explain how climate change is making more powerful stoms? I thought climate change is making droughts, which means there are no stoms.”

Read more (no politics) and you will easily learn that climate change is complicated, and no one has all the answers.

Climate change is causing droughts, floods, storms, melting ice caps, and rising sea levels.

Certainly no answer can be summed up in a sentence or two.

By: Ellie Presner

Ellie Presner — Wed, 29 May 2024 15:50:51 +0000

Turbulence app? Who knew?! I took a look in the App Store and saw a bunch of different ones. But none would be able to predict clear-air turbulence, such as that which befell the Singapore Airlines’ flight, isn’t that right?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 28 May 2024 16:02:27 +0000

In reply to Peter. This is a fair point. I've amended the article.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 28 May 2024 07:56:18 +0000

Hi Patrick. Please don’t refer to the passenger as being “killed” by the turbulence. You’re not helping. The man died from a heart attack. It may well have been caused by the turbulance but to say he was “killed” by the turbulence is misleading and incorrect.