Airliner turbulence

Airline flights that met turbulence, windshear, wake turbulence or a thunderstorm. Many of these records are about injuries in the cabin - flight attendants and passengers who were standing or unbelted when the aircraft dropped.

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• Off the end: airline overruns and undershoots Airliners that ran off the end of the runway, or touched down before reaching it.
• Helicopter wire strikes Helicopters work low, near power lines, and often in the places the lines run.
• Tail rotor trouble Rotor failures and loss of tail rotor effectiveness: when a helicopter can no longer stop itself spinning.
• Dark, cloudy and cold Occurrences at night, in instrument conditions, in the winter months of their own hemisphere.