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 you’re used to. © Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press, via Associated PressResearchers found that flying within about three miles of a thunderstorm increased a flight’s risk of experiencing severe turbulence by nearly a factor of 20.
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