More recently, in 2008, an Air Canada Airbus A319 traveling over the northwestern area of the U.S. encountered unexpected sudden wake vortex turbulence from an in-trail Boeing 747-400.

More recently, in 2008 an Air Canada Airbus A319 en route over the north western USA encountered unexpected sudden wake vortex turbulence from an in trail Boeing 747-400.

As an unavoidable consequence of lift a pair of counter-rotating vortices forms behind the wings. This long-lived vortex pair constitutes a potential risk to following aircraft. The proper prediction ...

Airbus analysis for the inquiry states that, using ICAO separation, the vortex would have been 35-49% of its maximum strength at the point of the DA62 encounter, rather than around 70%.

Aircraft wake vortex dynamics encompass the study of the vortical patterns generated by an aircraft during flight, which have significant implications for aviation safety and airport capacity.

The evidence certainly points to our having flown into the departing 767’s wake vortex, and then having been fortunate enough to exit the vortex in time to recover.

Conclusions from the work will be used to determine optimal angles of flap deflection to reduce the intensity of wake vortex on approach. “Reducing the wake vortex from the aircraft will make it ...

"ARL, and our contractor Simpsons Weather Associates, Inc., provided the entire design, collection and analysis of the measurements of the C-17 wake vortex in-flight," Ligon said.