Ever wondered about what causes turbulence and what makes it worse? Here's your crash course on fast winds at high altitudes.

Turbulence is a part of flying, but it can still catch passengers off guard (especially those who’re new to flying).

Wingtip vortices, a type of wake turbulence, are rotating air masses created by lift generated at an aircraft's wingtips. They are strongest when the aircraft is heavy, clean (gear and flaps retracted ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam that was hit by serious turbulence on Wednesday, sending 25 people on board to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to ...

To prevent the worst turbulence in the first place, pilots and dispatchers plan and use every resource at their disposal. On-board weather radar identifies storm cells that need to be avoided, ...

Physicists have devised a new model to account for the discomfort that airline passengers know all too well.

Flying can be a smooth and relaxing experience, but turbulence often catches passengers by surprise. That sudden jolt or ...

A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam that was hit by serious turbulence Wednesday, sending 25 people on board to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minnesota, ...

Turbulence on the rise: What a chaotic Delta flight tells us about flying in a warmer world originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Twenty-five people were hospitalized in the Twin Cities Wednesday ...