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by Hope King @lisahopeking June 16, 2016: 11:43 AM ET
airplane turbulence
Fun fact: Airline pilots don’t get automated air turbulence reports.
But a new partnership between IBM’s (IBM, Tech30) Weather
Company and Gogo (GOGO) looks to change that situation to help
improve airline safety.
Pilots flying aircraft equipped with Gogo inflight technology will now
get air turbulence alerts in real-time, the two companies announced
Thursday.
The Weather Company will put its turbulence detection algorithm into
Gogo’s aircraft-based communications servers. That software will get
access to data from planes in the air, and Gogo will process that data
and send reports back and forth between air and ground officials using
its communications networks.
Think of it like Google Maps using crowd-sourced data from lots of
mobile phones to compile traffic information.
Pilots traditionally receive verbal reports with limited data on flight
conditions. They will now be able to receive this information directly
through their existing cockpit systems.
“This is the first time a non-traditional system on the aircraft will
be used to help enhance flight safety,” the companies said in a
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