As human caused climate change worsens, air turbulence will increase.
Hey, maybe when the rich (who fly a heck of a lot) start getting a little uncomfy we can actually do something about that climate change thing.
Haha! Ahhh yeah. Fun to think about but no, we’re way past that.
However, private rail might make a comeback.
The rich go international more than most. And boats are a heck of a lot slower than planes.
You're right, but once we're feeling effects of that magnitude we're already pretty much screwed. We'd need long term corrective action, and basically manually reverse all the damage we've done. it bought as well be teraforming at that point.
Fuck yeah train pirates
If 20 more were injured then the seatbelt sign probably wasn't on, which means they probably hit clear air turbulence in cruise. Usually the planes ahead will report anything like that so the ones behind it will know what's coming, but this must've been a big bit of windshear one out of nowhere.
Or it was on and some people didn't listen
As if people actually care about the seatbelt sign
"Hurr Durr if the plane crashes seatbelts aren't going to save you"
Either way, seatbelts should always be buckled while seated. The seatbelt sign turned off doesn't negate that.
clear air turbulence
Is that like black ice for planes?
Shit i guess it is
He was an older gentleman that died of stroke, but yes, many people are in the hospital with fractured bones
One person has been killed and several others injured
“I was covered in coffee,” Andrew from London tells our colleagues on 5 Live.
Lol they clearly asked him what he personally experienced. I'm sure the dude would have started with "what happened to others on the flight is terrible" or similar
Andrew had one of the worst days in his hot, wet life.
This new flyer left his half filled coffee cup in the seat pocket and it got on my sweater on the way out, I had to wear a stink sweater with old coffee on my chest for the next 12 hours. I feel your pain Andrew from London
Oh my god Andrew, that must've been simply awful for you, poppet
We didn't need the "from London" bit, we could tell by the way he's a cunt
Wow that map of the wiggly London-Singapore flight route really drives home how many airspaces these Europe-SE Asia flights have to skirt around.
That doesn't even look that bad.
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