After the strong story they lived passengers on the flight Singapore Airlines —who was traveling from London to Singapore—, a list of the most turbulent of the world became known. And movements in the air are quite common events on board.
However, Turbulence is not always as dangerous as to cause the injuries and damage that occurred on the Asian airline flight. It all depends on the intensity and nature of the movement: mild or moderate shakes may be felt, but if they are more serious, the pilot can lose control of the plane and cause major structural damage.
In this line, Turbli —a platform specialized in forecasting wind and turbulence in the world—evaluated 150,000 flights around the world and classified them into the most turbulent flights.
This was what the ranking showed.
The 10 most turbulent flights in the world
According to the list produced by Turbli—which evaluated a total of 150,000 flights around the world and classified them according to the intensity of the turbulence— The most turbulent flight paths are:
- Santiago, Chile to Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
- Almaty, Kazakhstan to Bishke, Kyrgyzstan.
- Lanzhou to Chengdu, China
- Center to Sendai, Japan.
- Milan, Italy to Geneva, Switzerland
- Lanzhou to Xianyang, China.
- Osaka to Sendai, Japan.
- Xianyang to Chengdu, China.
- Xianyang to Chongqing, China.
- Milan, Italy to Zurich, Switzerland.
Depending on the intensity and dissipation rate of eddies, The flight between Santiago and Santa Cruz tops the list, with a score of 17.57.
