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Old 15th Nov 2001, 21:34
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A rotor or mountain wave is not 'wake turbulence', ie: caused by the passage of a preceeding aircraft.
Black is probably correct. Several GA and bizjets have crashed due to wake encounters, but I can't think of a transport-category event.
Here's a link to a description of the BOAC 707 breakup. http://pw1.netcom.com/~asapilot/911.html
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