An Airbus A380. Photo: DPAThe turbulence of a giant Airbus A380 nearly brought down a small German business jet in January, aviation authorities have revealed. The Airbus A380 and the Challenger 604 flew past each other at the regulation altitude difference of 300 metres. But 48 seconds later, when the planes were already separated by a distance of 27 kilometres, the small jet hit the turbulence caused by the Airbus. “We need to now clear up what measures could prevent something similar happening in the future,” said BFU spokesman Germout Freitag.

Source: The Local May 17, 2017 13:52 UTC