You Searched For "wind shear" and got 15 results
Sort By:
1 min read
'Sledgehammer' winds have led SpaceX to postpone its launch to Friday
SpaceX has been trying for over a year now to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rockets onto an …
Jessica Orwig
2 mins read
Hurricane season isn't over. Experts predict a final surge of storms and maybe even a December cyclone.
Tropical cyclones could still come to Florida and the Carolinas, just weeks after Hurricanes Helene…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
3 mins read
A Southwest flight came 150 feet from crashing in the sea. Experts suspect 'pure human error.'
A Southwest flight is being investigated after it flew dangerously close to Tampa's Courtney Campbe…
Mikhaila Friel
5 mins read
The science you need to know before seeing 'Twisters'
You don't need a degree in meteorology to understand "Twisters," but if your tornado science is a l…
Jenny McGrath
4 mins read
Hurricane Milton isn't the end of our destructive storm season. There's likely more to come.
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season isn't over: The NOAA had predicted up to 13 storms before the se…
Jessica Orwig
2 mins read
A top turbulence scientist explains how he stays calm on bumpy flights
Turbulence is getting worse, scientist Paul Williams has found. But he has tips for coping with it …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
4 mins read
I toured American's pilot training academy, where new hires learn to fly Airbus and Boeing jets. Here's what the 3-week program looks like.
American Airlines requires thousands of flight hours just to get hired, but newly hired pilots must…
Taylor Rains
7 mins read
Flying is about to become even more miserable
Delays, bumpy rides, and even the cost of flying could get worse as the climate crisis escalates.
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
6 mins read
Be warned: Flights are getting bumpier
Air travel is getting more turbulent thanks to climate change. And the problem isn't going away.
Michelle Mastro
1 min read
Severe air turbulence has increased by more than 50% in the past 40 years because of climate change, and it could get even worse, a new study finds
Clear-air turbulence is invisible, hard to forecast, and predicted to double by 2050. Climate chang…
Bianca Giacobone
2 mins read
2 people were injured and an emergency exit sign was shattered on a turbulent Air China flight
A passenger and flight attendant were injured and transported to a nearby hospital after an Air Chi…
Monica Humphries
5 mins read
Tornado Alley is shifting East, putting states like Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama at higher risk of devastating twisters
More tornadoes are touching down east of Tornado Alley in recent decades, and researchers anticipat…
Rebecca Strong
4 mins read
Climate change is making plane turbulence worse, and it could make flights bumpier and more expensive
Climate change is disrupting the jet stream and worsening turbulence, which could force planes to t…
Crystal Raypole
1 min read
A Lufthansa pilot traced a 15-mile-long penis shape in the sky after being asked to divert his plane
After a Lufthansa pilot was asked to divert their aircraft, they spent 16 minutes doing loops in th…
Joshua Zitser
4 mins read
Charter planes are descending on the Nevada desert and the pop-up Black Rock City airport — as tech bros and billionaires gather for Burning Man
For one week every year, a dried-up lakebed in the Nevada desert becomes an airport that ushers in …