Corrected entry: For some reason, the 747 - one of the largest airliners around - manages to fully flip upside-down in the storm. This is difficult for a trained pilot to do, let alone wind. In order for this to happen, both ailerons need to have been configured for a bank (which they weren't) in order for it to physically rotate in the first place, and the rudder would also had to have been configured so that the aircraft did not change heading (which it didn't). Not ONLY that, the autopilot was engaged, which would have stopped this happening. Even if it DID happen (which it wouldn't), the autopilot would not be able to reposition the aircraft back to normal.
Myridon
31st Aug 2004
Turbulence (1997)
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Correction: An extreme storm could turn the plane over without manipulating the control surfaces or caring whether the autopilot is on or off. Micro-burst down on one side, micro-burst up on the other - voila! Plane is rotated.
Myridon