Practice question
According to standard aviation reporting terminology, how is 'severe turbulence' defined?
- Turbulence that causes large, abrupt changes in altitude or attitude, and usually large variations in indicated airspeed, during which the aircraft may be momentarily out of control.
- Turbulence that causes slight, rapid, and rhythmic bumps without appreciable changes in altitude.
- Turbulence that requires the flight crew to immediately don oxygen masks and initiate an emergency descent.
- Turbulence that occurs only in clear air above 20,000 feet and is accompanied by structural deformation.
Answer: A — Turbulence that causes large, abrupt changes in altitude or attitude, and usually large variations in indicated airspeed, during which the aircraft may be momentarily out of control.
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