Yesterday, I was doing Vancouver to Hong Kong, and during cruise when I was about 2 hours during the flight, I suddenly started experiencing extreme turbulence (or whatever it is), and although it was almost a direct headwind of 130 knots, my wings started to rock from side to side, it might’ve banked about 30 degrees at one point. I didnt change any settings on autopilot and it just happened suddenly…
Is this normal or what? I don’t want it to happen again because I had to divert to South Korea because I had less fuel because of the experience…
any help would be very very helpful.
I’m doing San Francisco to Hong Kong today,and I dont want it to happen again…
Yes that is normal. I was doing a flight between Toronto and LaGuardia. For the first thirty minutes the winds were at like 3kts. And then suddenly the winds kicked up to 150kts.
Yeah, winds with such a high velocity (>100kts) usually come with a side of severe turbulence, so having your airplane rock around a good bit is pretty normal.
If you want to avoid that turbulence, I suggest trying to find an altitude with less turbulence, or maybe deviating from your flight plan to avoid the patches.
The 777-300ER if you were using it, has some problems where it rocks up and down. Also, even though you have a direct headwind, it can still be very bumpy, especially over the Pacific