most of us feel a suction and a little discomfort in the stomach, when the plane jumps and scratchy, and it’s even worse for those who suffer from aircraft – or a fear of heights or easily get sick of the shaking aboard.
What many of us might not know, is that it can actually be avoided most of the time – if only you considering where you fly on holiday.
It tells the pilot and senior safety advisor at British Airline Pilots Association, captain Stuart Clarke, to the Sun-Line Travel.
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the Equator is the really big sins, and it is here you will find the most discomfort, says the experienced pilot.
– Big tordenvejrsskyer causes turbulence, and you can find them around the equator, Stuart Clarke.
When you cross the equator, there is vejrbælte called the inter tropical konvergenszone. It moves north and south according to the seasons, and therefore there comes a mix of cold and warm winds from both north and south.
I flew from Heathrow (airport in London, red.) to south Africa as flypilot and flew down through Africa. When I came to the equator area, I met always during a lightning storm.
the Pilot revealed, among other things, that the typical lufthavnsdestinationer, where you will encounter severe turbulence due to thunderstorms, are found in Singapore, Miami, Cancun, Bangkok, Johannesburg, Hong Kong and Mumbai.
But it is not only a thunderstorm, which is a big reason for the turbulence.
Over the north Atlantic and the Atlantic blowing there namely a jet of air from the west to the east. Therefore, a flytur against the UNITED states to be a nightmare for the flyskrække.
– It is often a bumpy ride between the UNITED states and England, especially in the winter. The pilots will do everything they can to avoid turbulence, as it will be seriously annoying for both the crew and passengers aboard.
– in Order to avoid it they will try to fly below or above the turbulence. It is very normal, and you can therefore get a smooth flight. But in fact you are subject to jetstrømmen and its positional grace.
another place where there is turbulence over mountain ranges such as the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Andes, the Rocky Mountains and the Pennines in the Norengland. Here is ‘bjergbølger’, where storm flows hitting the mountains and disturbs the air around them.