Turbulence in Emergency Landing: Badge & Meaning

Turbulence is the second most-awarded emergency in Emergency Landing by daily rate, at 936 awards a day and 1,192,705 in total. That fits its position in real aviation: it is the most frequently encountered hazard in the sky and the leading cause of injuries to cabin crew.

Turbulence badge data

What is turbulence in aviation?

Turbulence is irregular air movement caused by convection, terrain, jet streams or the wake of another aircraft. It is graded light, moderate, severe and extreme, and clear-air turbulence can arrive without any visible cloud. Aircraft are built to survive far more than passengers experience, but unbelted occupants are still thrown around, which is why seatbelt signs exist.

How does it appear in Emergency Landing?

The description is “Experience a bumpy flight as the aircraft shakes and jolts while navigating through a turbulent region!” — a milder event than the structural failures in the same set. It pairs naturally with the load and control problems that turbulence can expose: Load Shifting when cargo moves, Airframe Overstress when the structure is strained, and the asymmetric forces tracked by Asymmetric Drag and Asymmetric Thrust.

Its 32.6% win rate means roughly one player in three has hit it, which makes it the easiest emergency badge to earn by simply flying.

Related emergency badges

Dutch Roll, Flutter and Phugoid are all oscillation problems rather than weather. They are rarer and much harder to trigger deliberately, which is why their award counts sit in the tens of thousands against Turbulence’s 1.2 million.

Where to read next

• All 93 emergency badges for the full list with award counts.
• All 238 badges for the complete badge set.
• Milestone badges for the survival and death ladders these events feed.