Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120310:22:27:00
>> since the airbus is climbing faster than the plane in front of it, flight 587 quickly climbs into the 747's quake causing the american airlines plane to experience turbulence this is not uncommon. >> airplane wakes are common to the wakes made by boats or ships. it is a displacement as the vehicle passes through this fluid. in one case water. in one case air. >> this simulation illustrates a different jet flying into wake turbulence. the wing tips from the lead plane create what is known as a wake vortex. >> you can think of it as a very large cone coming back off the tip of the leading air...