I told you to buy a bike and give up your fossil fueled vehicle, move to a tiny home in a big city, and give up meat, but, no, you wanted to live a modern life
Mid-air turbulence turns fatal: How climate change is impacting your flight journey
Turbulence is one of the uncertain factors a flyer may encounter when travelling on a plane. While these inconvenient shake-ups are rarely fatal, they quite certainly can inflict unwarranted injuries.
The rarest mishap occurred on Tuesday when a passenger died after Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 777 encountered “severe turbulence”. The flight was heading from London to Singapore but later diverted to Bangkok.
The incident, in which many passengers were injured, has thrown up multiple questions, with climate change impact being one of them.
Experts say global warming may increase instances of clear air turbulence by up to 200% by 2050. In India, the increase in flight turbulence could be felt during the pre-monsoon season.
Uh huh. In fact, it’s rare, but, it does happen
(USA Today) In the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration reported 163 passengers and crew have been seriously injured by turbulence between 2009 and 2022.
Why only those dates? Turbulence goes plenty far back. Planes have been taken down by it.
But, you know, the talking points went out
- Climate change and turbulence: Experts weigh in after death on Singapore Airlines flight
- What causes air turbulence and is the climate crisis making it worse?
- Fatalities and serious injuries from turbulence are rare, but climate change is making it worse
Those are just a few, but, I got bored with the cult propaganda. And, really, all this proves is that the Earth is in a typical Holocene warm period. It doesn’t prove it is mostly/solely caused be Mankind. But, I recommend that all believers should stop flying.
