Unraveling the Mystery Behind the Tragic BOAC Flight 911 Crash

Unraveling the Mystery Behind the Tragic BOAC Flight 911 Crash - The Underlying Factor: Investigating the Role of Severe Clear-Air Turbulence

Let’s pause for a moment and talk about what really happened in the air that day because calling it "turbulence" just doesn't do justice to the sheer violence of the atmosphere. I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the data, and honestly, it’s terrifying how a perfectly clear sky can hide such a destructive force. When Flight 911 flew past Mt. Fuji, it hit what we call mountain waves, which are basically massive ripples of energy created when wind slams into a peak and gets forced upward. These atmospheric gravity waves don't just stay at the summit; they shoot up into the troposphere and create these invisible, razor-sharp layers of wind shear. We’re talking about wind shifting by more than 15 knots every thousand feet, a threshold