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Be warned: Flights are getting bumpier
  + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Michelle Mastro | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Air turbulence is becoming more common and more intense. As the jet stream buckles a bit because it's not as strong as it was in the past, now you have all this energy associated with the jet stream up 30,000 feet or so. But changes to the atmosphere mean these corridors are getting bumpier, so avoiding them could result in smoother flights. But while we can get better at avoiding air turbulence, we won't be able to avoid it altogether. That's why some companies are going back to the drawing board to design airplanes that can better adjust to turbulent air.
Persons: I'd, Isabel Smith, Smith, Paul Williams, Williams, Bill Duncan, You've, John K, didn't, Duncan, Pierre Baqué, Alyson Smith, Michelle Mastro Organizations: University of Reading, Lufthansa, Northern, The Weather Company, Denver, Airbus, National Transportation Safety Locations: Denver, Indianapolis, England, Austin , Texas, Frankfurt, Germany, Washington, Rocky, Swiss, Delta
Experts believe severe turbulence may increase in years to come as patterns of severe weather continue around the globe. But pilots also have to contend with clear-air turbulence, which is turbulence that has no visible cause. Weather researchers further predict clear-air turbulence will double by 2050, with severe turbulence increasing the most. "The highest altitude flights over the North Atlantic will encounter the most significant increase in severe turbulence," Bennett said. Only 1% of the atmosphere has moderately severe turbulence, and a few tenths of a percent have severe turbulence," she said.
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