Originally Posted by slings
Back in 1981 in the netherlands a fokker F28 fellowship (later developped through to F100) crashed due heavy turbulence caused by flight through a CB.
The right hand wing separated.
So people stating turbulence can not cause a crash are wrong.
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No sir, that flight travelled though a
tornado and experienced
g loadings of +6.8
g to -3.2
g.
The most severe turbulence should not see more than 2
g.
There is no suggestion that the AF 330 went into a tornado, at least not at the moment.