Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
Wake turbulence doesn’t affect an aircraft that is below the aircraft creating the wake turbulence. The clue is in the word “wake”.
Are you sure about that?!
That is not at all correct, as
this crew discovered.
Also see:
https://www.flightsafetyaustralia.co...ke-turbulence/
"What makes wake vortexes particularly dangerous is that they can persist some distance behind, and below, the aircraft generating them. En route, an aircraft’s wake can extend for more than 25 nm, and descend very slowly downwards and outwards—levelling off around 1000 ft below the generating aircraft.This means encounters can occur when an aircraft passes below the flight path of another aircraft—even though ATC vertical separation is being applied."
Last edited by 4forward8back; 18th Oct 2018 at 23:31.
Reason: Added to quote from reference