Yeah... that inspires confidence. That's just what I want to see... a member of the flight crew working their way down the aisle with a look of terror on their face.
As a trainee pilot I can tell you that there is 3 levels of turbulence : light , moderate , severe .This was definitely on the light / moderate side. Turbulence is caused by pockets of hot air rising above the colder denser air , it is like going over a rocky road. The car shakes , but its armature is built to withstand muuuuuch greater stress. Turbulence is nothing to worry about, I hope you fly with this in mind.
@James Jones I'm not flying the A380 , but I don't have to to know this. Check out the gust load factor envelope to understand that an a380 can be shaken up even with its very high wing loading. Gust load factor depends on the gust speed and the EAS ( higher EAS tolerance to slower gusts, faster gusts would exceed the limit or maybe even the ultimate load factor , low EAS => stall before damaging aircraft due to faster gusts... speeds VB VC VD ) the boundaries of the gust load factor envelope change with respect to wing loading and angle of attack. The a380 isn't a magical invention that doesn't experience anything above 1g. It can be shaken up and that's light turbulence. The strength of the turbulence is determined by the effect it has on the aircraft.
maybe for the most part but there has been instances of turblence causing severe damage and in some cases throwing the plane off course and in rare cases crashes if I am not mistaken
I watched a video of testing an Airbus wing. With cables they bent the wing so far it almost touched the top of the plane. This was done 148 times in a row and the wing suffered no damage. Planes are tested extremely vigorously.
Flight attendant here, and just want to add my 2 cents: Turbulence is nothing to be afraid of as long as you are seated with your seatbelt on, it will NOT affect the airworthiness or integrity of the aircraft. That being said, turbulence CAN be dangerous for us flight attendants because we are often out of our seats and on our feet and severe to extreme turbulence can often happen unexpectedly.
Most people know nothing about planes which is why they freak out during turbulence because they think the plane is going to crash. I find turbulence fun personally.
I appreciate how smiley and professional the flight attendant is being. Clearly he takes safety seriously and is making sure everyone is buckled in for the bumpy journey.
I used to feel anxious during turbulence until I was on a flight with a pilot friend. We had severe turbulence after takeoff. I looked over at my pilot friend who just rolled his eyes and went back to nonchalantly reading his magazine. Ever since then I’ve been fine with turbulence. The day a pilot looks worried, I’ll be worried 😎
Fearful flier here, and I HATE turbulence, but I have spent significant time studying it and when actually happens when a plane flies through it, which has helped tremendously, but I still get anxious. For people who are talking about the fear of the plane “dropping” or “falling”, its helpful to understand that the plane is essentially encased and held by the air outside from all directions. At the speed you’re traveling at the air essentially turns into a solid, so when the air outside moves up and down, the plane which is held by it also moves up and down, not because it’s “dropping. Imagine that the plane is encased in jello, and you shake the jello... the plane shakes with the jello, but it can’t fall because the jello is holding it from all sides. I use this visual to help me every time I fly through turbulence and it is helpful to a degree. There are fear of flying courses out there run by pilots, and I encourage fearful fliers to try them. A lot of times we are fearful of the things we feel are threats to our safety, often because we don’t understand them, or we fear not being in control, so this is a case where you can gain more knowledge to help yourself.
That’s a really good analogy. I love flying in general but find turbulence uncomfortable - knowing the physics behind flight really eases the mind - I just find turbulence like we see here aggravates my back and joint pain, and can sometimes make me feel nauseous. The worst I experienced was on a 747 going from SFO to SYD, and over the Pacific shortly after passing Hawaii, we had turbulence worse than in this video which lasted a good 1.5 - 2 hours. By the end, I felt like I’d been put through a washing machine!
Это не падение, а уменьшение вертикальной скорости, которое мозг воспринимает как падение. Если бы было падение, то тогда бы всё вокруг от невесомости летало.
@@bvb6552 yes! I also learnt from a pilot that it’s actually to do with your inner ear and the ‘drop’ is your ears getting used to the new ‘normal’ altitude
Turbulence for many can be terrifying. I used to be so dang afraid to fly. I would go on vacation and then start thinking about the flight home with knots in my gut. In 97' I got a job with a consulting firm that required me to fly to clients on Monday and home Thursday. I was so worked up about having to fly that I sincerely considered going with a different job. My first flight for work was Boston to Cincinnati, 5:45am flight. We landed in snow. I remember the details of that flight, thinking, okay, 1 down, endless to go. You better get over this thing if you are going to last. I asked a pilot, what are you doing up there when the turbulence gets rough? He said "nothing really, perhaps look for smoother air if we have it available - the plane doesn't even know we are in turbulence, its a non-issue as far as flight goes". I remember that really helping. 👍
How are you doing with the nervous flying now? So much of what you said felt super relatable for me...I've found lately that my fear of flying has reduced loads after watching tons of videos on youtube made by pilots, like Mentour Pilot and 74 Gear. Seems that simply learning more and more about flying and how it works and all the little details that pilots know and do has actually has a significant impact on my level of fear while flying.
I flew from London to Sydney and the turbulence around Singapore was insane but having never gone through turbulence before I thought I’d be absolutely terrified but seeing how calm everyone else was really did work wonders for me. By the end of the flight I was barely even aware of the turbulence.
I've flown thousands of miles now in my life and turbulence is part of the journey sometimes. Nothing here seemed alarming to me. A bit bumpy for sure, but nothing the plane isn't designed for. Also, if the flight attendants are still walking down the aisles at all (regardless of holding seats for stability) you're usually a-okay.
My first flight was from Las Vegas to St. Louis with a flight transfer at Denver in 1988. The trip was on a United Airlines, Super DC-8 four engined jet. It was a large aircraft for its time with seating for several hundred passengers with seats six across, three each on either side of the aisle. The plane was filled to capacity with no empty seats. Before we backed out of the terminal the pilot informed us over the intercom that because of extreme turbulence over the Rocky Mountains, there was a possibility that we would have to divert from Denver to Salt Lake City. As the sun was rising to the east, we took off, got to altitude and were fed breakfast. It was actually very pleasant. However, that is when the "Fasten seatbelts" sign came on and it became obvious that it should be heeded. As soon as the meal trays were recovered and serving carts stowed by the flight attendants, we began experiencing severe turbulence causing the plane to violently bounce up and down and toss us in our seats like ragdolls, thankfully restrained from injury by our clasped seatbelts. It only got worse for the next hour. At a certain point due to turbulence, the attendants were walking down the aisle with their hands above their heads against the ceiling to not be tossed up and down. I was on the aisle seat next to a woman and her husband who had the window seat. Through the window I could see the numbers three and four engines on their pylons flexing and oscillating out of rhythm with the up and down motion of the wing. It seemed more like the flapping of a bird's wing than any mechanical thing made by man. The woman who was seated next to me was reading a magazine. She never turned a page for the remainder of the flight. The turbulence was continuous. In the beginning, the sudden unwelcomed movements of the plane caused some passengers to laugh, albeit nervously. But over time the laughter was replaced by gasps and groans in protest. I have no doubt that numerous fellow-passengers thought that this was their last day on Earth. Admittedly, the thought did cross my mind that if the aircraft broke up into thousands of pieces scattering parts and passengers to the ground, I wouldn't be surprised. One damaged rivet, one bolt not tightened properly, mixed with the violence of the aircraft's motions could end us all. Once we had finally cleared the Rocky Mountains and approached the city of Denver, the pilot informed us over the intercom that we needed to land as soon as possible because high winds at Denver could shut down the airport before we arrived. He told us that we needed to descend rapidly and that we would be deploying speed brakes and spoilers. This would cause the aircraft to vibrate and make loud noises. He continued by saying that this was normal and for us not to be alarmed. By this time all of the flight attendants were belted in their own seats. Hearing the whining sound of hydraulic pumps and electric motors, I looked to see wing surfaces deploy through the window and then heard the throttle decrease as the nose pitched down. That's when the shaking started. The entire aircraft began vibrating violently, shuttering with near eye blurring effect. We began descending on what felt like a STUKA on a dive-bombing run. The angle was steep. At some point as we plummeted out of the sky, I heard the distinct sound of a seatbelt buckle being unclasped followed by quick footsteps behind me. I looked back in time to see the bathroom door slamming shut. Another announcement over the intercom from a flight attendant followed saying, "Passengers PLEASE remain in your seats". Eventually after what seemed like ten minutes but likely three, the speed brakes and air spoilers were retracted, and the plane leveled off as we continued decreasing altitude at a less aggressive rate. There seemed to be serious desperation in how we were trying to reach our destination. We were still tossed around, but the shaking and groaning noises had stopped. Very soon it became apparent that we were on final, approaching the airport. The flight had been in clear skies, but after descending we began maneuvering through and around puffy white clouds. The flat plains of eastern Colorado which lead further on to the state of Kansas became visible through the patchwork of cumulus. While the ground rushed by beneath us the sound of the landing gear being lowered and flaps deployed was audible and obvious. The plane was still hit by strong gusts of surface wind that continued the rolling and yawing of the aircraft while engine power was continually adjusted, and flight attitude corrected. As the runway became visible beneath us in a streak of pavement and white painted lines, there was a moment where the aircraft seemed to pause, then sink several tens of feet. The pilot planted the plane onto the runway surface without a bounce or unpleasant hit, just an undramatic "thud". Just before the nose wheel made contact with the ground the aircraft yawed left significantly having been askew in its forward direction from the cross-wind. Speed brakes and thrust reversers were applied and the squeal of surface brakes brought us to taxiing speed. There was an audible group exhale from the cabin as passengers began applauding. It was an obvious realization of "WE SURVIVED!", spreading throughout the cabin. The woman seated next to me finally closed her magazine. As we taxied to our terminal, other passengers began collecting their belongings from the overhead storage. The woman next to me said, "THAT is why I hate flying". I replied, "Really? This was my first flight. It was the best roller coaster I'd ever been on. I'd like to go up again". Shaking her head, she rolled her eyes and looked at me like I was crazy. I guess the old saying is true: "Ignorance is bliss".
Don't know who needs this but *here's what I found works better than anything for minimizing the sensation of turbulence* (won't make turbulence disappear but it definitely makes it feel much less intense): Sit up and recline forward so as to separate your back from the seat. Turbulence is felt WAY less when your back isn't pressed against the seat. If you wanna take it a step further, lift your legs up in the air so the only contact patch your body has with the plane is your butt. The less your body touches the plane, the less you will feel turbulence because your body will automatically balance itself upright. Standing up works great too. Trust me, just try it. Go physics!! Come back to this comment afterwards, want to hear how it went!
I want to add , take a piece of paper, write from your left hand if you use your right usually, and write something, your brain will focus on something else :)
@@PARCE93 Obviously not during moderate to severe turbulence. Most flights have light turbulence that make a lot of people nervous. My suggestion was directed towards that particular demographic.
It’s definitely a good sign when you see a flight attendant still walking around. I get spooked when all the flight attendants are ordered to sit down 😬
2 years later and it's been 2 days now since I arrived home from Alanya. We experienced a heavy turbulence in Slovakia, because there was a storm all over the Balkans. At first when I saw the turbulence, I wasn't scared. But then once I saw the Cabin Crews, who sat behind me (I switched seats because it wasn't a full-seated flight), stand up and quickly make their way to their original seats I panicked. I thought something had happened, and then I started getting scared. I even read the Bible while the turbulence occured. Thank God and the pilots we made it out of the turbulence in safety. The cabin crews during the turbulence were laughing and sipping their colas lol.
"The bumps you feel are asteroids smashing into the hull of the ship. We're also flying without a navigational system.......and we're also out of coffee."
I imagine I’m on a speedboat bouncing over the waves. When you think about how much faster the plane is going it’s pretty amazing turbulence isn’t experienced more often.
Same, this works for me too. If you’ve been in a motorboat you know how rough it can be even though you’re only going up or down 10 ft. Turbulence while flying is almost always waaay smoother than that so no big deal.
I can deal with the side to side motion, it’s the vertical that gets me, even if you only drop like 3ft it feels more like 30ft. I’m not afraid of flying either, as in I love flying and logically know that it’s safe and that turbulence won’t kill you, but when we hit bad turbulence I turn into a nervous flyer all the same.
I was terrified on a flight back to Dublin from NYC. I was crying and really scared. It just seemed way too rough, I thought we were going to die. Turbulence scares the hell out of me.
My fear of turbulence as a source of dying was alleviated when a commercial pilot told me that no plane in the US has ever been lost because of turbulence.
Typically turbulence doesn’t scare me too much. Especially when It’s daylight and I can see outside the window. But over the ocean is a different ball game. The most frightened I’ve ever been was during an overnight flight from Hawaii to Oklahoma. We hit HEAVY turbulence that eventually subsided to typical turbulence but never went away the whole flight.
In 1978 was on a flight from Frankfurt Germany to Toronto Canada in a Boeing 707. Can never forget 3 hrs of vicious turbulence and have never felt comfortable flying ever since.
Oh how much I miss being in a plane and especially my favorite A380. (For anyone reading this in a few years from now; this is written during the COVID-19 pandemic and number of flights is minimized)
Turbulence on a long haul night flight over water is my nightmare. When it happens my brain switches off and can only focus on the plane dropping out of the sky and me being eaten by sharks😅
Had a captain tell the crew to stop refreshment service. This was just las vegas to san francisco. Know what put me at ease? The kids in front of me who told me they've ridden worse flying into Colorado. That really made a difference to my senses.
Not the only one. Flew ATL-LAS a few months back. Light turbulence. Disappointed all we had was light chop over North Texas. Don't think it even got to moderate
i love the smile of the flight attendant ❤❤❤❤1:09. I don't feel any doubt as long as he smiles. I wonder how people developed these high-tech machines to handle these situations.
I was flying back to England in 1993 from California and as we hit Newfoundland way the turbulence was that bad the cabin crew strapped in and the oxygen masks flew down.. It was terrifying
I was on a plane in a pretty bad storm as we were dropping altitude to come in for landing. It felt like a roller coaster with all of the drops and the atmosphere on the plane was pretty tense. After one particularly big drop, I heard a toddler yell, "Wheeeeeeeeee"! And I thought, yep, that is the way you handle this!
I think anesthesia should be an option for anxious fliers. Just put me to sleep and in the baggage compartment for all I care. Flying is like torture to me.
I was on a flight once where right after the guy sitting next to me returned to his seat after using the restroom and buckled back up, the airplane violently dropped. We were weightless, like on a rollercoaster, and you could see the seams in the ceiling slipping past each other, because the the fuselage was twisting. The guy next to me was thanking his lucky stars that he wasn’t in the restroom when we hit that turbulence!
Only flew twice. Once in 1959 on a DC7 through a bad thunderstorm. Second into SFO in over the water. I was done after that. Love to watch the vids thi.
I was on a Dreamliner coming out of Mexico this year and we hit really hard turbulence. Now I’ve been through storms and rocky flying before but I legit thought this time we were going to be knocked from the sky
I remember this one flight where it got so bad I thought we were going to crash. The guy next to me was asleep the entire time. When he woke I was like did you feel any of that? He just smiled and said he was a pilot.
I did stand up a bit during one turbulence over Rocky mountain. I felt less turbulence standing up than I do being seated. Did anyone ever feel the same?
Before I retired I always flew on 747 megatops because they were more immune to turbulence. But pitching around around an A380, now _that’s_ turbulence!
I flew from Tel Aviv, Israel to Boston just before the pandemic and we had moderate turbulence over the entire of Europe. After a while, the pilot turned the seatbelt sign off. It was obvious that we would have turbulence the entire way. We got up and walked around whenever we wanted and in-flight service was not affected. Once we were over the Atlantic, it was as smooth as silk.
yes as Pilots say turbulence are nothing to be afraid of. The sudden drop, or loss of altitude are really scary. I was on a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Singapore and we experienced the drop of around 2000 feet into an air pocket, luckily everyone was seated with a seat belt on.... quite an scary experience
please stop fear mongering. there is no such thing as an air pocket, and there is no way you dropped 2,000 feet. it was probably literally a few feet, and what you experience was just a change in air direction and speed.
I was on a flight from Sydney to San Francisco once where the fasten seatbelt sign was on for all but about a couple hours. So that plane was bumpin and rockin for more than 9 hours of the 12-13 hour flight. And to make matters worse, I was in a middle seat the entire way. And the woman next to me on the aisle had mono. Yeah that flight was a real treat...
Whenever I’m on a plane that’s experiencing severe turbulence I like to scream “oh my God we’re all gonna die“ and then sit back and watch people freak the fuck out😂😂😂
As upsetting as this can be to many passengers it’s relatively light. Severe or heavy turbulence is usually avoidable and commercial airlines will fly around it. When you think about a giant aircraft flying at high speeds it almost seems incredible that the turbulence is so minimal. It is discomforting psychologically because you know you are high above the ocean but it’s really nothing. Order a stiff drink and you’ll be fine!
well, after all the comments, I am positive i will NEVER get on another aircraft! i used to enjoy flying, even turbulence didn't bother me, but after my 1971 flight home from Nam i became a white knuckle flyer (flight was perfect though) my last plane ride was 1990. I have flown in 2 different "tour" helicopters recently (bucket list items), yep, at 73 I am done ! i still am an aviation fan, with several B-52 bomber avionics in my collection.
Not usually scared of turbulence but flying back from Hong Kong one time and the pilot jumps on the intercom and barks “flight attendants take your seats” and says nothing else. That was a bumpy ride
I remember that flight over the north Atlantic too, I was sleeping and suddenly a hard bump woke me up, the plane experienced very hard turbulence for about ten minutes, It was the third time In my life that I took a flight, I tought we all were going to die.
When I experience this, I remember myself on a fishing boat off the coast of Norway. The captain said "its just a little bumpy, nothing to worry about". Then he sipped some coffie.
Been there,done that. Can be rough from europe to the us. Seen people cry om panic. All honor to the crew who just put their feet steardy on the floor and calm those who was terrified. A Girl around 20 was shacking in terror and fear,poor Girl. But the attendants did a terrific Job. My respect.
Flying in from Miami to Dallas a couple years ago we hit a sudden storm front with microbursts, our plane was under 1000 feet on landing and hit a massive downburst, I was looking straight at the wing and the dang thing was flapping like a bird. It was horrific. I thought my wife and I and the other 200 or so people were going into the ground. Funny thing is when you get off the plane when those things happen the flight attendants and Pilot stand near the cockpit with smiles and thank you's. This time all pilots and ground crew, potentially FAA were off the plane having a huddle prior to all passengers.
Best place to feel less of the shaking is in the front, I was told. In the back you'd get the most pushes and shaking (like a robe you'd whip on the ground, waves are bigger at the end of it)
I had turbulences on a nearly 5 hour flight to Egypt and that for almost three hours (half of the time pretty strong ones) with a very uncomfortable landing in Hurghada during a sandstorm. When the cabin crew also started to buckle up for almost 45 minutes, there was not much to hear except for moans and sobs during the air holes, almost dead silence. We were supposed to switch to Cairo or Luxor first, but there was probably even more wind there than in Hurghada. On landing the plane touched down hard, was pulled up a bit on the right side and the pilot finally knocked the plane down. When we finally rolled out, there was a really hysterical applause. Since then, I hate flying so much!
We all find turbulence annoying flying across the USA but we are comforted that the pilot can get the plain down safely even if he has to land the plane before our destination. Over the ocean it is white knuckle time.
Most pilots would call that moderate turbulence believe it or not. If I recall the words of a Transat pilot friend correctly, mild turbulence is when your cup starts shaking and shifting, moderate is when your cup and/or what's in it go flying and severe turbulence is when any standing flight attendants and people without seat belts go flying
I just realized flight attendants literally have to walk the aisles to see if people are okay while having to deal with turbulence shaking the aircraft like an earthquake. Huge respect to them obviously
I like that the FA still managed to walk and smile during the heavy turbulence hahaha Id still be terrified tho I mean even if all the FAs smile or laugh or dance during heavy turbulence
We were on a PHX to LHR flight when they were having volcanic eruptions over Greenland. I fly for a living but have never experienced such turbulence. I thought the plane was going to break into pieces. Scariest flight of my life. And, yes, our flight attendants were all buckled in.