NYT > Climate and Environment In-Air Emergencies Can Cause Lasting Trauma By: Carly Lewis 25 November 2024 at 05:00 SummarizeKey MomentsExtreme turbulence, a blown-out door, an engine on fire: For passengers and crew members who have experienced in-air emergencies, the pain endures. Β© Clayton Cotterell for The New York TimesShandy Brewer was on the Alaska Airlines plane that lost a door in-flight. Now she has nightmares about flying and is startled by loud noises. βThereβs a cloud over me all the time reminding me that I could die at any second,β she said.
NYT > Science Airplane Turbulence Can Start Earlier Than You Expect By: Katherine Kornei 30 November 2024 at 13:41 SummarizeKey MomentsThis is your captain speaking: When thunderstorms are in the forecast, you may need to buckle those seatbelts a lot sooner than youβre used to. Β© Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press, via Associated PressResearchers found that flying within about three miles of a thunderstorm increased a flightβs risk of experiencing severe turbulence by nearly a factor of 20.