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Old 06-14-2012, 06:47 AM
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Severe turbulence injures five - CNN.com
microbursts?
fast forming storm?
It was Texas..
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Old 06-14-2012, 11:06 AM
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Since mircobursts are the down draft under a thunderstorm I doubt it would be a mircoburst 30 minutes into the flight. Even if CNN has the timing wrong, it would be top of climb before the cabin crew started their service.
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