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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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12:15:50, on descending through FL 288, the aeroplane was 8 NM from the centre of a convective cell. The flight crew identified various green radar echoes on the ND and discussed circumnavigating them (see paragraph 2.1.2.2). The co-pilot (PM) suggested
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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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2.1.2 Statements 2.1.2.1 Start of flight, up to detection of convective cell The two pilots indicated that they had identified the storms as a threat for the day's flight. The captain indicated that when the cabin crew arrived at the
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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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subject of a SIGMET. It was not situated on the aeroplane's flight path. An isolated convective cell had also formed over the Mediterranean sea, off the coast of Ajaccio (visible in red in Figure ), on the flight path of
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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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analysis of the data from the M�t�o-France ground precipitation radar concerning the convective cell which the aeroplane flew through at FL 262 showed: � from 11:30: o light to moderate precipitation (reflectivity greater than 20 dBz) culminating at FL 210,
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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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Figure 6: vertical profile of radar reflectivity field at 12:10 of convective cell on flight path of aeroplane, reflectivity scale on RH side (source: M�t�o-France) The most reflective precipitation is that containing water in liquid form (rain or wet
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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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statement; � clear sea between the continent and Corsica except for the small, isolated convective cell off the coast of Ajaccio, the cause of the turbulence encountered. The information regarding this cell was: severe cumulonimbus observed between the ground and
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