Originally Posted by Snowy_Astra
If that plane was as closeas it seems it would have fallen out the sky from the turbulance the front plane throws up.
I forget the correct term for the void of air a plane leaves behind it, but its lethal to other planes within a mile behind it.
Yep - it's called wake turbulence and if a plane was to pass through it immediately after it had passed it would be like passing through a mini-tornado, possibly not enough to cause it to crash but enough to give the pilot a fright!
Andy