From: "Bill Hough" <psa188@juno.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:48 AM <snip> > Passengers, who had been instructed to buckle their seat belts for > turbulence, screamed as packages fell from overhead bins and flight > attendants were thrown around the rear galley. <snip> > An America West flight dispatcher told NTSB investigators he warned the > pilot two hours into the flight that other pilots were reporting severe > turbulence at altitudes between 31,000 and 39,000 feet over southern > Colorado and northern New Mexico. > The airline told the NTSB the dispatcher recommended that the plane > descend from 35,000 feet to 28,000 feet and steer around the area of > forecast turbulence. > Air traffic control told the pilot to expect "occasional light chop, > nothing real bad" at 31,000 feet -- the altitude at which the turbulence > was encountered. > Apparently no problem with ATC? Gerry K8EF http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley/ http://www.geocities.com/gerryf.geo/eclipseindex.html http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html