vacuum???created by another jet???
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vacuum???created by another jet???
Hi,
I am totaly new on this forum and hope my question is in the right place if not please mods replace it and forgive me.
I was wondering if a jet fly to close in anothers jetstream is this creating a vacuum or is this just a minor problem?I do ask this because this was the explanation i got when we been brutaly shaken and basicly almost ended upsidedown in a flight from spain to Belgium...al passengers where horified no need to say that i geuss.I never heard of an incident like this before so i hope i get an answer here.If it have nothing to do with this then its the crew that made up a story and not me.
Thanks for your time.
I am totaly new on this forum and hope my question is in the right place if not please mods replace it and forgive me.
I was wondering if a jet fly to close in anothers jetstream is this creating a vacuum or is this just a minor problem?I do ask this because this was the explanation i got when we been brutaly shaken and basicly almost ended upsidedown in a flight from spain to Belgium...al passengers where horified no need to say that i geuss.I never heard of an incident like this before so i hope i get an answer here.If it have nothing to do with this then its the crew that made up a story and not me.
Thanks for your time.
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No, not a vacuum, nothing like that at all.
The wake of an aeroplane forms into two very fast-rotating vortices off the wingtips and it is flying into these that gives you the thump and fright. They can easily remain significant 10 miles behind an airliner, so it's a rotating spiral of air, not a vacuum.
The wake of an aeroplane forms into two very fast-rotating vortices off the wingtips and it is flying into these that gives you the thump and fright. They can easily remain significant 10 miles behind an airliner, so it's a rotating spiral of air, not a vacuum.
