Saint in Paradise Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 Anyone fly this route regularly and how much air turbulence have you had ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 14 April, 2010 Author Share Posted 14 April, 2010 http://shareknowledges.blogspot.com/2008/02/air-turbulence.html :prayer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 I find it always gets a bit windy over Delhi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 Shouldnt this be in the Muppet Show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 I'm told that over the Himalayas it can get bumpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bognor Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 Anyone fly this route regularly and how much air turbulence have you had ?? I am told it is similar to the Hong Kong to London route, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 Anyone fly this route regularly and how much air turbulence have you had ?? Masses on entry to the airport as you drop over the mountains.:smt078 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 Milk of magnesia is good for turbulence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanimal Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 I have flown with Virgin many times on that route, over deepest Russia can get a bit bumpy, but the worst I have experienced was when leaving Hong Kong and you go from sub tropical air to colder dryer desert air as you head north, and that set off 3 hours of continual bumps, not pleasant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 I have flown with Virgin many times on that route, over deepest Russia can get a bit bumpy, but the worst I have experienced was when leaving Hong Kong and you go from sub tropical air to colder dryer desert air as you head north, and that set off 3 hours of continual bumps, not pleasant! Can sympathise with that. Apaprently there was a bad 10 minutes on our flight out in 2001. However, I was so blotto that I fell asleep and missed it all and only found out later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red and White Army Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 I fly it regularly (2-3 times a year over the past 8 years) and don't find much turbulence at all as a rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolo Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 Its not that bad... Been doing it twice a year with virgin in recent years. Over russia you can get a little but nothing too taxing. Depends what you define as bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 14 April, 2010 Share Posted 14 April, 2010 I originally thought this post was a joke (hence my earlier comment) Are you lot seriously discussing the chances of turbulance on a particular route. Some days will be worse than others, its called weather.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 15 April, 2010 Author Share Posted 15 April, 2010 Thank you to those with serious replies, I am a very very bad passenger when it's rough. I now know to take plenty of sleeping pills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mewsta Posted 15 April, 2010 Share Posted 15 April, 2010 Flew out earlier this week... was a fair bit over the mountainous regions but not too much.... I never spilt coffee on me this time which I think is a bonus!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 15 April, 2010 Share Posted 15 April, 2010 Thank you to those with serious replies, I am a very very bad passenger when it's rough. I now know to take plenty of sleeping pills I always used to get nervous when it got bumpy but now it doesn't seem to bother me. Sit as far forward in the plane as you can and I always used to think of those brave chaps in their Lancasters over Germany. At least you're not being shot at! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 15 April, 2010 Share Posted 15 April, 2010 Completely depends on the weather conditions at the time. A tropical cyclone in the region of East Asia can lead to several hours of turbulence. The other main causes are thunderstorms (which tend to be more seasonal) and mountain waves, which are dependant on the prevailing wind conditions and the stability of the atmosphere. Then there is also the jet stream. A narrow core of air moving extremely quickly at high altitude, up to 250mph hour at times. This gives turbulence, mainly beneath it and on the cold air side. As it happens there is currently a jet stream over the North Atlantic, passing directly over iceland... I always used to get nervous when it got bumpy but now it doesn't seem to bother me. Sit as far forward in the plane as you can and I always used to think of those brave chaps in their Lancasters over Germany. At least you're not being shot at! Generally the best place to be is over the wings. Over the centre of gravity there tends to be much less movement than at the far ends of the cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Bob Posted 15 April, 2010 Share Posted 15 April, 2010 I've done that one once on the way to NZ and yes it was a bit bumpy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick1579 Posted 16 April, 2010 Share Posted 16 April, 2010 Funny you say that - did NZ a few months back and although flew eastbond to Bangkok (Hong Kong on way home) we had what i'd call fairly bad turbulence over the Afghan mountains - I was thinking to myself "is there a worse place in the world to come down right now?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres Posted 16 April, 2010 Share Posted 16 April, 2010 Funny you say that - did NZ a few months back and although flew eastbond to Bangkok (Hong Kong on way home) we had what i'd call fairly bad turbulence over the Afghan mountains - I was thinking to myself "is there a worse place in the world to come down right now?" You'd almost certainly be dead so I'm not sure it matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick1579 Posted 16 April, 2010 Share Posted 16 April, 2010 yeah i did also think that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 16 April, 2010 Share Posted 16 April, 2010 You'd almost certainly be dead so I'm not sure it matters. It's a fair point, although to bring an aircraft down you would need to fly through the core of a violent thunderstorm or into the rotor zone of a mountain lee wave. People are killed fairly regularly by turbulence, but in most cases it's through not wearing their seat belts and the aircraft is absolutely fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 16 April, 2010 Share Posted 16 April, 2010 Its not that bad... Been doing it twice a year with virgin in recent years. Over russia you can get a little but nothing too taxing. Depends what you define as bad! I'd like to take this post out of context with hilarious consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 16 April, 2010 Share Posted 16 April, 2010 I'd like to take this post out of context with hilarious consequences. Wash your mind out with soap and water! [-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolo Posted 17 April, 2010 Share Posted 17 April, 2010 Scott you bar steward none of the smut was intended!!! Although i do like a white russian now and then! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffo Posted 21 April, 2010 Share Posted 21 April, 2010 Completely depends on the weather conditions at the time. A tropical cyclone in the region of East Asia can lead to several hours of turbulence. The other main causes are thunderstorms (which tend to be more seasonal) and mountain waves, which are dependant on the prevailing wind conditions and the stability of the atmosphere. Then there is also the jet stream. A narrow core of air moving extremely quickly at high altitude, up to 250mph hour at times. This gives turbulence, mainly beneath it and on the cold air side. As it happens there is currently a jet stream over the North Atlantic, passing directly over iceland... Generally the best place to be is over the wings. Over the centre of gravity there tends to be much less movement than at the far ends of the cabin. Yeah that is because the rest of the plane flexes up and down so if you are sitting at the back you can see the middle of the plane go up while you are going down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mewsta Posted 21 April, 2010 Share Posted 21 April, 2010 I was on a cathay flight on sunday night from Sydney to HK.... before take off the pilot said it will be a smooth climb and a smooth flight until we hit the equator which due to the change in pressure and air temp it will be a bit bouncy. 1 hour in to the flight, the plane was being thrown all over the show and the seat belt signs remained on for 2 hours or so.... they were taken off and food was served then they were put right back on again for a couple of hours due to more turbulence..... Never heard a peep from the captain..... I think he must have thought why did I open my mouth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 21 April, 2010 Share Posted 21 April, 2010 had some bad turbulance coming into HK from Beijing. Plane felt like it nearly rolled over a few times as well as some big bumps. Asia seems much worse than most places in the world for 'bumps' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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