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62 Seconds of Deadly Severe Turbulence

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second duration likely caused the injuries to crew and passengers. The incident was attributed to the swift transition between climb and descent and not the actual change in altitude. The rates of climb and descent were not excessive, being only half of the typical rates during normal take-off and descent. to positive 1.5G

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Extreme Turbulence in Singapore Airlines flight 321

Fear of Landing

The report shows that the real risk is for the cabin crew. Flightradar24 have commented that many analyses are including the descent from 37,000 to 31,000 feet as caused by the turbulence. In fact, the descent to 31,000 feet was flown by the flight crew as the start of the planned emergency descent to Bangkok.

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Tribute to Vistara Part 1: Flying Vistara's A320neo from Chennai to New Delhi

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

It took a while before the seatbelt sign was turned off and the crew started preparing for in-flight service. Some nice Indian music was being played before take off and landing, I thought that was nice, it somehow helps to calm one nerves especially when flying through turbulent weather. The pillow added extra comfort for me.

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Flying with TAP Air Portugal From Lisbon to London Heathrow

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

This is the area of Rossio Santa Maria Maior The view is absolutely stunning especially in good weather. On the day of departure Even though we had plenty of time before our flight departure, we decided to head to the airport early as dragging our cabin baggage across the footpath was not ideal. Goodbye Lisbon, until next time!

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Flying Home On Board Emirates New Economy Class (2023) Part 1: LHR-DXB

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

The weather was cooling and it was a great day for walk. Once that was cleared, the cabin crew were released for duty. Like my previous flights, a set of crew would come around with a camera offering complimentary polaroid photos for the passengers and not surprisingly, they went past me. The weather looks great right?

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Continental flight 11

Fear of Landing

The cabin was run by the chief purser and four cabin crew. The gate agent remembered that the weather was terrible: thunderstorms with rain and hail. The gate agent remembered that the weather was terrible: thunderstorms with rain and hail. In the cockpit were three flight crew: two pilots and a flight engineer.

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Flying on New Year's Day With A New Airline from Frankfurt to Athens!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Once on board, I noticed a cabin crew was serving champagne on a plastic cup and was pleasantly surprised I was given one, I suppose because of the occasion (New Year's Day). Once we were on our way, we flew through a bit of turbulence but once the weather was better, the seat belt sign was turned off. That's a good idea!