Turbulence is the irregular, sometimes violent motion of air that can jostle an aircraft, ranging from mild bumps to abrupt jolts. It is primarily caused by disturbances in the atmosphere, and can be ...

Things that go bump in the flight. Soaring levels of turbulence have increasingly turned air travel into a real nightmare at 30,000 feet. Just last month, two people suffered broken ankles after a ...

A pilot of a major airline has explained exactly what happens during turbulence, why it can be bumpy during a landing and the ...

Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline passengers know all too well. By Alexander Nazaryan Bjorn Birnir dreads an airplane seatmate asking what he does for a ...

Experts believe turbulence will be more frequent in the coming years.

Commercial aviation has never been safer from a technological standpoint. Yet, many passengers are likely to disagree, especially after news reports last year put the spotlight on various mishaps in ...