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Window separated from plane causing the pilot to be sucked out. First Officer successfully landed the plane in Southampton 1991-02-06 1991 Gulf War Boeing KC-135 accident: Near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: Severe weather and wake turbulence: 0 Due to excess maneuvering, the airframe was pushed to its limits.
Contributing factors to the crash existed, as well. The first officer's predisposition to overreact to wake turbulence caused panic. American Airlines incorrectly taught pilots to use the rudder for wake turbulence recovery, resulting in the first officer's possible misunderstanding of the aircraft's response to full rudder at high airspeeds. [31]
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WHAT IS TURBULENCE? Turbulence or pockets of disturbed air can have many causes, most obviously the unstable weather patterns that trigger storms, according to an industry briefing by planemaker ...
Most turbulence occurs in cloud with up- and downdrafts of wind, says BBC Weather's Simon King.
In July 1988, Continental Airlines filed a report with the NTSB positing the causes of the crash as wake turbulence, poor snow plowing on the runway and errors by air traffic controllers. [15] However, the NTSB investigated the wake-turbulence theory and concluded that wake turbulence from the preceding flight would not have affected Flight 1713.
But after the tragic incident aboard SQ321, the airline has now decided that any significant turbulence, causing the pilots to switch on the fasten seatbelt sign, will mean the meal service is ...