Passengers who travel frequently in flights will be familiar with the word turbulence. Especially passengers traveling in international flights must have faced turbulence many times. Last Sunday also, 12 people were injured due to turbulence in a Qatar Airways flight going from Doha to Dublin, Ireland. Even before this, on May 21, a Singapore Airlines flight got stuck in air turbulence in the skies of Myanmar. The question is, like the weather, can’t we know about turbulence in advance? Today we will tell you about turbulence.
Turbulence phenomenon
Air turbulence is a common occurrence in flights. On May 21, a 73-year-old British passenger died due to turbulence in a flight from London to Singapore, while 30 other passengers were injured.
What is turbulence?
First of all, let us know what turbulence is? Let us tell you that when the air collides uncontrollably with the wings of the plane during flight, air turbulence is created in the plane. Due to this turbulence, the plane starts moving up and down. Due to this, the passengers start getting jolts.
How will turbulence be detected?
Let us tell you that before the flight takes off, a report is prepared by assessing the weather of that sector. This assessment is of two types, first – how will the weather be in the sky and second – how will the weather be at that airport. At the same time, a share gradients chart is made available to the pilot regarding clear air turbulence. However, the clear air turbulence present in the sky can only be estimated. What will be the actual situation in the sky can be known only by going there. Apart from this, how to avoid air turbulence depends on the conditions at that time. Apart from this, sensors are also installed in the flight, which tell about the weather related conditions.
Wearing a seat belt is a good idea
Passengers cannot stop air turbulence in flight, this is a very common occurrence. But passengers can keep themselves safe during this time. However, while traveling in a flight, you must have noticed that many times passengers open their seat belts after the flight takes off. On the other hand, when turbulence suddenly occurs, the passengers become uncontrolled and start falling upwards and here and there. This is the reason why pilots always wear their seat belts during travel. Therefore, to avoid any incident including air turbulence, wearing a seat belt during flight travel is a good and safe option.
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