I read in athother forum that the Taiwan-Narita route is famous for severe tubulance, and that's what it sounds like. For what it's worth, I've never experienced severe turbulance, but did encounter some at 30,000 feet before (thank goodness for that, I'd hate to experience it close to ground), was STRAPPED IN, and lemme tell you, it felt just like a rollercoaster.

And I agree with Scandalous, BR put out a professional press release. I'm looking at flying them to Asia, and this does not put me off from using them.

BTW, for those of you who do not know this, there's a reason why they ask people to put on their seat belts and suspend food / drink service during turbulance. People have been known to die as a result of hitting the ceiling of a/c during a sudden drop in altitude. IIRC the incident I'm thinking of was on some flavor of Japanese carrier near the coast of Japan.