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Radio 2,4 mins

Why does it feel like the plane is dropping in turbulence?

Jeremy Vine

Available for over a year

A flight from Houston to London was forced to make an emergency landing in Ireland after severe turbulence. Former BA 747 pilot and aviation consultant Alastair Rosenschein explains how pilots are briefed for the phenomenon before take off, why clear air turbulence is so unpredictable and why airline operators want to fly in the jet stream.

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