I hate airplane travel. I know, I know, it’s the safest way to travel, cars are far more dangerous, blar de blar, but the moment I’m strapped in and we’re taking off—into the sky, which is not a place ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. It gets bumpy traveling with a toddler. On a descent into JFK airport, we ...

Researchers may have identified a fundamental mechanism by which turbulence develops by smashing vortex rings head-on into each other, recording the results with ultra-high-resolution cameras, and ...

Even a smooth flight can make some people feel anxious. Add turbulence to the mix, and flying can be downright terrifying. But as commercial pilot Clark Morawetz points out, turbulence is a completely ...

One person is dead, and 30 are injured after a Singapore Airlines flight faced severe turbulence. Turbulence is getting worse, and that trend is likely to continue because of climate change. Deaths ...

You probably know the feeling: you’re sitting on a plane, happily cruising through the sky, when suddenly the seat-belt light comes on and things get a little bumpy. Most of the time, turbulence leads ...