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Old 05-21-2024 | 06:32 AM
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https://www.newsnationnow.com/travel...lity-injuries/

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Old 05-21-2024 | 06:41 AM
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Well, that tears it. Next time I ride business class to Singapore, I'm wearing a helmet.

(Always a good idea if trying to get through Heathrow, anyway)
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Old 05-21-2024 | 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
https://www.newsnationnow.com/travel...lity-injuries/

Sarcasm alert: On a Boeing of course.
severe CAT? As in clear air turbulence? Didn’t sound like it was clear. Sounded like they flew right threw a severe thunderstorm.
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Old 05-21-2024 | 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Myfingershurt
severe CAT? As in clear air turbulence? Didn’t sound like it was clear. Sounded like they flew right threw a severe thunderstorm.
Right you are, the article I originally read was behind a paywall so I linked the newsnation article instead which does say convective. Ooops (me and the pilots).
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Old 05-21-2024 | 08:21 AM
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One dead...?

Well, yeah, but people die of heart attacks with and without convective turbulence. Not saying it isn't a tragedy - ask not for whom the bell tolls and all that - but trust the media to sensationalize this for maximum clicks...
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Old 05-21-2024 | 08:33 AM
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Pre Monsoon Thrunderstorms are vicious to say the least.... especially over the Bay of Bengal. Shallow warm waters.
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Old 05-21-2024 | 10:19 AM
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What were the radar settings?

"Everything else is rubbish." Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen
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Old 05-21-2024 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Sliceback
What were the radar settings?

"Everything else is rubbish." Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen
With every click down on the gain, your confidence increases one click up...
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Originally Posted by Beech Dude
With every click down on the gain, your confidence increases one click up...
WX radar does take a bit of tinkering, depending on the radar. I've flow with pilots who also were heads down at cruise and flew through the top of a cell. Coming back from Narita to Anc saw UPS fly shack center through a cell. Then they decided to deviate, lol. Pacific flying takes a bit more to avoid the cells. Lots of rain and the storms aren't always as rough as a thunder bumper in the US but it will still upset your cart service at FL350.
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Old 05-23-2024 | 07:44 AM
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Unless I'm on top with a full moon, the radar is always on at night.
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