This isn’t normally the sort of story we would cover here in any great detail, but a near disaster in Hawaii yesterday has once again raised an interesting, yet frustrating question for scientists. A Hawaiian Airlines flight from Phoenix was approaching its destination in Honolulu when it ran into significant air turbulence. And by “significant,” I mean massive. People were thrown around the cabin violently. 36 people required medical treatment when they landed and twenty of them were hospitalized, with almost a dozen listed as being in serious condition. There was no explanation as to how it happened other than blaming it (as always) on turbulence in the atmosphere. (CNBC)Read More
Why we still don’t understand turbulence
