Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mountains, storms, and the jet stream all affect airplane turbulence. Though it is usually more nerve-wracking than dangerous, a ...

Airflow can be distrubed by storm systems, passing aircraft, or physical barriers. During flight, we experience this irregular movement of air as turbulence, which can interrupt your otherwise smooth ...

Things that go bump in the flight. Soaring levels of turbulence have increasingly turned air travel into a real nightmare at ...

Turbulence is something that affects every aircraft in flight. However, the phenomenon known as wake turbulence not only affects aircraft, it's caused by them. Wake turbulence is generated by aircraft ...

For frequent travelers, a little bit of turbulence on a flight is a humdrum occurrence. The seatbelt light pops on, the pilot might offer a brief explanation over the speaker system, the ride gets ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam that was hit by serious turbulence on Wednesday, sending 25 people on board to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to ...

CBS News reported that a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam made an emergency landing at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport on Wednesday evening, after severe turbulence injured ...

Turbulence experienced by aircraft can turn a smooth flight into a bumpy one – and even have dangerous consequences. And it is all caused by the movement of air in the atmosphere. Airplanes achieve ...

A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam that was hit by serious turbulence Wednesday, sending 25 people on board to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minnesota, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The death of a British man and injuries impacting dozens of other people aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence Tuesday highlighted the potential dangers of ...