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 ...

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 ...

Passengers who weren't buckled aboard a Delta Air Lines flight to Europe were violently thrown into the ceiling and back down to the floor in July when the plane encountered severe turbulence in a ...

Washington (CNN) — Turbulence that injured more than a dozen people on a Delta Air Lines flight came with little warning to the pilots, even though they knew they were near thunderstorms, according to ...

A Scandinavian Airlines plane made a U-turn back to Europe after hitting extreme turbulence on the trip from Stockholm to ...

On Monday, a US Air Force reserve crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, nicknamed the “Hurricane Hunters,” shared videos and images of their flight inside the cyclone to collect vital ...

Three flight attendants suffered minor injuries during a turbulent Delta Air Lines journey from Ecuador to Atlanta, officials said Tuesday. Medical personnel met Flight 632 when it touched down at ...