This warning came from ATC as we were flying westbound in our mighty Cessna 172T. Ahead and east of us was a Boeing C-17 on approach to the local air base. I instructed the flight student to tighten ...

Question: I was recently on a flight into Phoenix when the plane tipped sharply to one side. A moment later, we experienced more side-to-side turbulence. The pilot made an announcement that our plane ...

Passengers have described the terrifying moment a vortex sent their Qantas flight into a 10-second “nosedive”. Hundreds of horrified travelers held hands ­believing they were about to die as the ...

Paris Charles de Gaulle will be the first airport to deploy RECAT-EU, the new categorization of wake turbulence and separation minimums, Eurocontrol announced. A new Eurocontrol specification for ...

Every airplane creates wake turbulence while in flight, which results in two counter-rotating vortices trailing behind the aircraft. These vortices can affect other aircraft as it passes. According to ...

According to the latest airline data, these are the 5 US flight routes with the worst turbulence — and an explanation as to ...

A small private jet was flipped over in midair and plunged 10,000 feet after being caught in the wake turbulence from a passing Airbus A380 superjumbo, according to reports. One person aboard the ...

NEW YORK — American Airlines said Wednesday it will begin inspecting its Airbus A300 jets for possible weaknesses in their tail fins as evidence mounted that Flight 587 ran into turbulence from a ...

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The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a giant flying machine. The only built Antonov An-225 Mriya (NATO reporting name: Cossack) strategic airlift cargo aircraft is continuing to fly COVID-19 missions across ...

Investigators are zeroing in on wake turbulence as the cause of the crash of Flight 587 after learning that the American Airlines plane took off early and, therefore, was closer to a Japanese jumbo ...