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Old 22nd Jun 2012, 19:47
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Hotel Tango
 
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Come on guys, you're scaring the poor guy. Andrew R, if a small aircraft encounters the wake of a larger aircraft it could flip it over. However, I'm pretty sure that is not what you experienced. From your description I think you were simply in turbulent conditions (possibly cloud/strong winds or both?) and in a turn. That sort of turbulence is not uncommon and it will not flip an airliner over. It would have to be severe and believe me very few people on this forum have ever experienced severe turbulence.

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