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Staying safe during flight turbulence: Simon Calder explains

Staying safe during flight turbulence: Simon Calder explains

The news that nine people were injured when a Ryanair flight from Berlin to Milan struck turbulence over Southern Germany will be very worrying for a lot of people — after all, it would be great if pilots were able to identify when there was going to be some very unstable air and avoid it.

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