Correction to: Gusts Encountered by Flying Vehicles in Proximity to Buildings (Drones, (2022), 7, 1, (22), 10.3390/drones7010022)

Abstract

In the original publication [1], [13] was not cited. The citations has now been inserted in Section 1, Paragraph 1 and should read: It is well documented that aircraft of all sizes are adversely affected by turbulence and gusts; as identified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the US Transporta-tion Safety Board as a leading cause of accidents—costing over USD 100M p.a. [1]. Severe injuries are reported, such as those in the 2015 Air Canada flight AC088, which injured 21 passengers, including three children [2]; and 2019 Qantas Flight QF108 whereby 3 cabin staff had head and neck injuries [3]. Accidents still continue to occur with more recent ac-cidents that resulted in injured passengers [4] and even a passenger death [5]. As the size, mass and speed of aircraft decrease, the susceptibility to turbulence and gusts increases [6,7]; or in sum, due to lower wing loading [8]. Smaller general aviation aircraft and helicop-ters also tend to fly more at lower altitudes within the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) which is dominated by high turbulence intensities from ground protruding structures [7,9]. This has led to reported accidents directly relating to turbulence [10–13]. Even the tran-sition through the ABL can be detrimental to aircraft that are designed to fly at very high altitudes such as Facebook’s Aquila Uncrewed Air Vehicle (UAV) and Airbus’ Zephyr UAV, whereby both had fatal crashes due to turbulence and/or gusts [14,15]. In the original publication [1], [17–21] were not cited. The citations have now been inserted in Section 1, Paragraph 3 and should read:.