Turbulence Explainer: Does Severe Turbulence Cause Plane Crashes?

Watch: youtube.com slatev.com Follow twitter.com facebook.com Severe turbulence forced a New York-bound flight to divert and land shortly after leaving Houston recently. Passengers were thrown into the ceiling and then back onto the floor. Can turbulence cause a plane to crash? Yes, but it’s very unlikely these days. In 1966 a British Overseas Airways captain …