Singapore Severe Turbulence

[tcco94]

Just a sad reminder why you should always be wearing your seatbelt…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1792866501713891682

View: https://x.com/singaporeair/status/1792866501713891682?s=46&t=tJBtKlNvOT-pcHZp45hJag

 

[JEP]

 

[JEP]

73-yr old male was the fatality

 

[bike21]

Eek, curious to know if it was CAT or convective related. Bad day either way.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Anecdotally but I have had more severe turbulence reports the last year than probably my previous 15 years combined

 

[Wardogg]

Anecdotally but I have had more severe turbulence reports the last year than probably my previous 15 years combined

I’ve experience more.

 

[gopherdx]

My guess is convection induced although FA’s radar depiction isn’t always accurate.

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

I’ve experience more.

#diedsuddenly

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Anecdotally but I have had more severe turbulence reports the last year than probably my previous 15 years combined

I feel like storms are way bigger and way more frequent than they used to be. Most summers I feel like I’m being chased around Asia by typhoons.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

I think it is important to ensure people are wearing their seatbelts when seated. At the same time, there are definitely some flight crews that leave the seatbelt sign on for an entire flight and I think they’re doing everyone a disservice by making the sign mean nothing. People are going to have to get up at some point, so use your brain and try to get the sign off when appropriate, otherwise it means nothing.

 

[Roger Roger]

I feel like storms are way bigger and way more frequent than they used to be. Most summers I feel like I’m being chased around Asia by typhoons.

Almost as if something is causing more heat energy to be retained in the atmosphere and fuel more frequent and larger convective activity.

 

[SteveC]

News report here mentioned that the fatality may have been heart attack related. Unconfirmed.

 

[NovemberEcho]

I feel like storms are way bigger and way more frequent than they used to be. Most summers I feel like I’m being chased around Asia by typhoons.

On our scopes we have precipitation broken down to 6 different levels. Normally you’d see level 6 fairly rarely, and then only as a few square miles inside a bigger cell. These past two summers there have been entire fronts where the entire thing is level 6. One of them dumped 5” of rain in an hour at my house.

 

[mightynimbus]

they have apples?

 

[jtrain609]

I feel like storms are way bigger and way more frequent than they used to be. Most summers I feel like I’m being chased around Asia by typhoons.

Not just the storms, the entire atmosphere has more energy in it. Rides are worse, and for longer, storms are worse, and for longer.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Lotta pics here, including a bloodied FA

Passenger on board Singapore Airlines jet from UK describes turbulence

After around 11 hours of flying time from take off in London, the aircraft bound for Singapore sharply dropped around 6,000 feet in just five minutes, causing chaos in the cabin.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[///AMG]

"6000 ft in just 5 minutes" lol

where do we get such fantastic journalism?

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

"6000 ft in just 5 minutes" lol

where do we get such fantastic journalism?

Like I said for DM, I’m there for the pics and videos.

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

Lotta pics here, including a bloodied FA

Passenger on board Singapore Airlines jet from UK describes turbulence

After around 11 hours of flying time from take off in London, the aircraft bound for Singapore sharply dropped around 6,000 feet in just five minutes, causing chaos in the cabin.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Like I said for DM, I’m there for the pics and videos.

Translated as I'm just there for the drama...

 

[CFI A&P]

"6000 ft in just 5 minutes" lol

where do we get such fantastic journalism?

Clearly they've never experienced ZDC. "I need you to expedite your descent." "But, I'm 400 miles from destination?"