Originally Posted by
kcockayne
All very mind boggling ! I just wonder what used to happen in the days before Wake Turbulence Separation existed. To my recollection; I can't remember vast numbers of aeroplanes hurtling to the ground because they were too close to each other !
Probably because when wake turbulence rules were introduced in the 1970s, there weren't vast numbers of aeroplanes around.
Though by then, there had already been fatalities as a result of encountering WT.