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<strong>Title: </strong> <a href="/link.php?id=29137" target="_blank">Jumbo jet crossed plane's path moments before wild dive</a> (click to view)

<strong>Category:</strong> <a href="/news/topic/14-misc-cdn" target="_blank">Misc CDN</a>
<strong>Posted By: </strong> <a href="/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=-Mario-" target="_blank">-Mario-</a>
<strong>Date: </strong> 2008-01-17 04:06:07
<strong>Canadian</strong>

[-Mario-]

Spotted that it was eavily loaded.... That guy has a good set of eyes.

[sasquatch2]

Jet wash/turbulance is invisible. That's why it referred to as CAT (Clear Air Turbulence) which is a term which applies to many conditions including the "air pockets" (down drafts).

I you recall the sensation of meeting a rig in a cross wind-----just multiply that effect, considering the higher speed and mass of a jumbo.

Basically this in principle this was a small craft encountering the wake of a supertanker doing mach chicken.

[BartSimpson]

-Mario- -Mario-:

Spotted that it was eavily loaded.... That guy has a good set of eyes.

It makes a difference because a heavily loaded aircraft has a different angle of attack than a lightly loaded aircraft. Heavily loaded aircraft necessarily create more turbulence because of the higher AOA.

[sasquatch2]

Exactly in somewhat the same manner as an F5 going ballistic rattles windows and an SST smashes them. The heavier the aircraft the bigger the sonic boom.

[TheQuietKidd]

I'm getting visions of Mav n' Goose going down... then Goose... NOOOO GOOSE!