>Your biggest risk during turbulence is hitting your head and >sudden movement. >So it's dangerous because you could get injured. >The dying part comes from flying altitudes that birds do. >Take off. >Landing. >Take off in particular because if you're in a small plane and >get in the wake (like a boat wake) of a larger plane, the air >is uncertain
supposedly the most vulnerable time of going down in flames is the first and last 10 minutes of flight.
though that air france crash several years ago was some shit. engines stalled out @ 38K feet.
when you read up, it's clear that soooo many things must go right for a plane to work correctly. aviation as a science is a trip.