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When flights get scary

There's turbulence, and there's turbulence. Ref. Source 8

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A little tremor is passable but when you're in serious turbulence you start seeing your life in front of you. The worst is the sudden drops like 20 feet in the air you just want to die!

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Turbulence physics explains why jet noise is so loud

If you've ever experienced the exceptionally powerful and reverberating sounds of a jet during takeoff, you likely won't be surprised that the noise produced by jet engines is ranked among the loudest of human-generated noises. Ref. Source 6u.

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What Clara said is so true. I've been in some rough turbulence before and it is a very uncomfortable feeling. I can only imagine what it must feel like to be in a plane that is nose diving.

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Turbulence slams passengers into ceiling

PASSENGERS say it was "Impossible to hold on" as severe turbulence struck their flight, slamming them into the ceiling and breaking bones. Ref. Source 3w.

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So, I was a paratrooper and I have a lot of time in aircraft. I've experienced some pretty crazy things including losing two engines on a four engined turbo-prop plane. I guess you could say I've been trained through circumstances for something like this… but this particular turbulence would have been more than I could handle. I can only imagine the feeling a mother has as her baby is ripped from her arms. This was unbelievably bad.

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I have been through some bad turbulence at times even enough to have the oxygen masks come down. It was a interesting ride but at the end we all landed safely.

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Is this the end of turbulence? BOEING may be on the verge of eliminating the thing about flying passengers hate the most: solving bumpy flights once and for all. Source 2z.