Plume-like cloud ‘shot’ in front of Hawaiian Airlines flight seconds before turbulence injured 25, pilot says
A pilot on a Hawaiian Airlines flight said a plume-like cloud "shot" in front of the plane moments before severe turbulence that injured more than two dozen people and damaged the plane last month, federal officials said on Monday. friday.The pilot, captain of the Dec. 18 flight from Phoenix to Honolulu, said conditions were calm and onboard weather radar showed no turbulence as they flew above a cirrostratus cloud layer at an altitude of 37,000 to 38,000 feet, he reported. National. the Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on the incident.Just after 10 a.m., when the flight was…
