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Re:One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence by olalonde on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @08:48AM (#40427750)
Seems relatively constant according to this graph: https://icao.usmission.gov/air-carrier-turbulence-related-in...
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Re:One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence by roars on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @09:05AM (#40427976)
that seems to be just total number of incidents, not corrected for increased air traffic over the last 30 years
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Re:One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence by olalonde on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @09:29AM (#40428253)
Good point.
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Re:One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence by fnord77 on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @08:58AM (#40427899)
that graph doesn't show severity
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Re:One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbulence by adamredwoods on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @08:53PM (#40436159)
Huh.

>> The study also highlighted a new product, a turbulence nowcast, that combines numerous data sources to produce forecasts that are updated every 15 minutes – providing air carriers, all users of the National Airspace System and the air traffic controllers who support them – timely and critical safety information about locations and severity of potential turbulence. The turbulence nowcast is not yet widely used so the NTSB recommended the FAA and the NWS work together to fully implement its adoption and use in the national airspace system.

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