One passenger ended up in hospital for a month after the incident, suffering from four fractured vertebrae and a broken rib.

Turbulence is an irregular motion of air resulting from obstructions to the airflow or vertical currents. There are three ...

Our skies are getting bumpier, making the need to understand and predict turbulence increasingly urgent. Researchers propose ...

"With a background in engineering and fluid mechanics, aviation turbulence is an area that has always fascinated me," Ignacio ...

Passengers from the Delta Air Lines flight that was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday after it was rocked by severe turbulence are speaking out about their terrifying experience. “This ...

(CNN) — Some passengers were terrified, convinced the plane was going down. One seasoned traveler said it was the roughest flight he’d ever taken. A woman on board felt like she was experiencing an ...

It's something that any nervous traveller dreads during a long-haul flight. But severe turbulence is set to get even worse - with climate change to blame. That's according to Professor Lance M Leslie ...

Dinner had just started. Drinks were being served. Passengers were chatting, reading, maybe dozing off. Then it hit. Without warning, Flight 56—a Delta Air Lines flight en route from Salt Lake City to ...