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

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

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

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time to analyse these echoes and define an avoidance strategy. The aeroplane entered an isolated convective cell at around FL 260 and flew through an area of severe turbulence accompanied by hail. As the airborne weather radar data (parameters and
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Air France F-HBNJ: severe turbulence during descent to Ajaccio

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forecasts consulted before departure were favourable for the flight over the sea and the isolated convective cell had not been identified with the eWAS, consulted before the descent; o the use of an airborne weather radar requiring regular manual adjustments
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