There is no such thing as an “air pocket.”
When someone has been on an airplane trip and says, “We hit an air pocket and boy did we drop for a few seconds!” he is really talking about a downdraft.
A downdraft is a downward current of air or wind. An “air pocket,” or a hole in the air, is impossible!
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