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With flight 587. there are two wake encounters. although invisible to the human eye they are displayed here in our animation. the first wake causes the plane to roll to the left and the co-pilot quickly puts it back on course. but then 15 seconds later, the plane is caught in a second wake. >> when this pilot got into the wake turbulence, the airplane started to roll. he put in flight control corrections that he thought was necessary to get the airplane back to a wings-level state. >> but instea...

Intercepts that cone you will feel choppiness. typically the encounters are very brief but you can hit them multiple times. >> that is exactly what happens with flight 587. there are two wake encounters. although invisible to the human eye they are displayed here in our animation. the first wake causes the plane to roll to the left and the co-pilot quickly puts it back on course. but then 15 seconds later, the plane is caught in a second wake. >> when this pilot got into the wake turbulence, the...

To roll to the left and the co-pilot quickly puts it back on course. but then 15 seconds later, the plane is caught in a second wake. >> when this pilot got into the wake turbulence, the airplane started to roll. he put in flight control corrections that he thought was necessary to get the airplane back to a wings-level state. >> instead of leveling out, the plane moves violently on all three axes of flight. up and down and side to side motion. then the unthinkable happens. the tail snaps off. t...

Although invisible to the human eye, they are shown in the animation. the first wake causes the plane to roll to the left and the co-pilot quickly puts it back on course. 15 seconds later the plane is caught in a second wake. >> the airplane started to roll, he put in flight control corrections that he thought was necessary to get the airplane back to a wings level state. >> instead of leveling out, the plane moves violently on all three axis of flight. then the unthinkable happens. the tail sna...

>> when this pie will the got into the wake turbulence, the airplane started to roll, he put in flight control corrections that he thought was necessary to get the airplane back to a wings level state. >> instead of leveling out, the plane moves violently on all three axes of flight. side to side, up and down. then the unthinkable happens. the tail snaps off. the plane banks left and plummets into a residential neighborhood in queens. just two minutes and 24 seconds after a routine take off, eve...