> Turbulence hasn't ripped an airplane apart at altitude It has, not only in this case but also here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLM_CityHopper_Flight_431

> Turbulence hasn't ripped an airplane apart at altitude It has, not only in this case but also here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLM_CityHopper_Flight_431 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLM_CityHopper_Flight_431 And there are many other examples. I guess it depends by what you mean by "at altitude"? Most of these accidents did happen below 10.000 feet yes. And the mountain wave phenomenon in New Zealand in particular reaches pretty high. Some glider pilots use it to get up really high, so high some of them got frostbitten. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPnp4pJ_bg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPnp4pJ_bg There at 19k feet. But yes at that altitude the phenomenon is probably not strong enough anymore to break up an airliner.