Comments by "Tony L" (@tlangdon12) on "THROWN to the SEA like a PAPER AIRPLANE!" video.

@mlai2546 Mentour Pilot did not say that the pileot went closer to the Airbus for a better look at it. The pilots knew that a plane of that size will create substantial turbulence, but their training would have emphasized that the risk was greatest when taking off after a heavy aircraft. The potential for the A380 to cause problems when passing other aircraft in the cruise wasn't well understood when this incident happened.
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@mlai2546 Very few aircraft pass directly under or over each other, and the winds aloft often blow the vortices to outside of the airway before they can descend to the level of another aircraft. Few aircraft will be the size of the Embraer - most of the few that run into top vortices at height will be large/heavy aircraft rather than mediums, due to the routes the A380s are used on. Plus this incident occurred early in the A380 service life, so I don’t think the pilots did anything wrong.
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The wingtip vortices are very powerful.
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