NTSB: Cloud shot up vertically in front of plane before turbulence
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Even if it were possible to turn sharply enough to avoid the column of rising air, a maneuver that hard would very likely cause as much havoc in the cabin as occurred in the actual event - as a passenger returning from the lav, for example, being thrown across the cabin would likely not be preferable to being thrown into the ceiling, and maybe less so because at least there's no one else to hit on the way to the ceiling. Leaving that aside, even making the attempt might be more dangerous than not, since if they'd tried to evade and failed, it would mean entering the updraft in a relatively unstable configuration and maybe stalling a wing.
Source: I've played some MS flight simulator and XP11 so I know a thing or two. About armchairs.
I rediscovered my appreciation for the rosary that day.
https://www.theholyrosary.org/howtoprayrosary (for example) was an interesting read, as was your comment.
(I'm neither large not squirmy, so seatbelts don't bother me in the slightest.)
People just don't know how to sit (properly), because nobody ever explained them nor they listened.
What I more mean is that people should be made to understand that:
* severe turbulence can happen without warning during flight
* severe turbulence can launch you out of your seat if you aren’t strapped in
If you watch nearly any video of moderate to severe turbulence, people react like it’s a horror movie. People just don’t actually understand what turbulence can be.
It was in front of me and I dived to get under it, passing through massive sink. Fortunately I found some ridge lift nearby and was able to make it back to safety.
Many years ago sailplane pilots flying in a contest near Marfa Texas were enjoying some strong updrafts in clear air and suddenly discovered they were in a coalescing strong tornado.
Plane condensation trails are a form of clouds.
What happens is that some parcel of air is pushed upwards by something (e.g. surface heating, wind over surface features, a cold front moving underneath). That parcel of air will cool down due to decreasing air pressure. But if that cooling down happens at a slower rate than how much cooler the surrounding air is, it will still be warmer and keep accelerate upwards more. This can repeat itself to cause rapidly rising air.
If there is a lot of moisture in that air, the effect is worse. Because at some point that air will have cooled to the condensation level where relative humidity becomes 100%, then the moisture that was in the air will condensate and form clouds. That condensation process will release latent heat, helping the rising air parcel to keep rising further and faster.
And these are exactly that kind of conditions that cause big cumulonimbus clouds to form, which are dangerous even to airliners. Around the tropics, these clouds grow much higher than in more northern or southern latitudes.
Source: The theory class for my airline transport pilot license. A meteorologist would probably tell you this info in much more scientific terms :-)
One of my batteries disconnected in a big bump.
In airliners it happens that people bounce off the ceiling and crash back down. Even if you have loosened your seatbelt for comfort, it will keep you from bouncing off the ceiling.
0g will have loose objects floating. -.25g will have them on the way to the ceiling. The autopilot will react quickly to restore 1g and bring everything and everybody back down.
like, some little white fluffy cloud, shaped like stuffed teddy doggo, is just sitting there, and then decides to shoot upwards at lightning speed for no or some reason, like a UFO?
ok. strange things happen. but i'd def be drug-testing the pilot.
also, the timelines seem weird. like when people who get into car collisions are like, 'they came out of nowhere, so i honked my horn, then i turned my wheel, and then' -- you did what?
you honked your horn? instead of taking evasive action? that was the first thing you thought to do? yell at some driver for attempting to kill you when you could have taken evasive action instead? you thought, hey, let me take the next two or three seconds to honk my horn, knowing that impact is certain within two to three seconds if i don't take immediate evasive action? maybe you were worried about your insurance instead of living? i get it, in america, even minor inicents can result in a literal death spiral, but this whole incident sounds off. maybe it's just the description. or maybe this is the AP Pilots or Meteorology feed.