It was a horrible nightmarish experience for passengers on a flight from Karachi to Lahore recently. Passengers were practically tossed around amidst screams, shouts and loud reciting of prayers.

The pilot handled the situation well and aborting landing took off once again for Karachi to land there safely with thank God no casualties or serious injuries.

As I had written in one of my columns some time ago climate change will eventually affect aviation and this is now happening as can be ascertained from the incident in Lahore. This was not the first case of severe air turbulence in aviation history.

There have been more such incidents some even resulting in loss of life. There is the Singapore Airline turbulence incident of 2024 resulting in injuries and loss of life and then there is the United Airline incident of 1997 resulting in injuries to passengers. Climate change has not only intensified clear air turbulence, which has existed for as long as one can remember but introduced the element of sudden storms that have intense powers and toss around airplanes like toys.

Clear air........

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