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Is increasing turbulence making flying more dangerous?

Exploring the link between bumpy flights and climate change.

Is climate change making turbulence more dangerous for people taking flights around the world?

That鈥檚 what one listener asked, following a terrifying turbulence incident which left one person dead and more than 20 injured on a flight to Singapore.

We speak to turbulence expert Paul Williams, Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading, to understand what is going on.

Presenter: Kate Lamble
Producer: Nathan Gower
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Nigel Appleton
Editor: Richard Vadon

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