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Everybody's role. >> the co-pilot is flying the plane and is about five miles behind a 747 on its way to japan. >> we're climbing to 5,000. >> since the airbus is climbing faster than the plane in front of it, flight 587 quickly climbs into the 747's wake, causing the american airlines plane to experience turbulence. this, in itself, 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 faa simulation illustrates a different jet flying into wake turbulence. th...

>> 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...

Behind a 747 on its way to japan. >> with. >> since the air bus 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. one water one air. >> this simulation illustrates a different jet flying into wake turbulence. the wing tips from the lead plane create what's known as a wake vortex. >> you can think of it as a very large cone coming back off ...