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Plume-like cloud ‘shot’ in front of Hawaiian Airlines flight seconds before turbulence injured 25, pilot says
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| Jan. 13, 2023
| Tim Stelloh
Posted on 01/14/2023 6:39:27 AM PST by BenLurkin
A pilot on a Hawaiian Airlines flight said a plume-like cloud “shot” in front of the plane moments before severe turbulence that left more than two dozen people injured and damaged the aircraft last month, federal officials said Friday.
The pilot, a captain on the Dec. 18 flight from Phoenix to Honolulu, said conditions were smooth and on-board weather radar showed no turbulence as they flew above a layer of cirrostratus clouds at an altitude of between 37,000 and 38,000 feet, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on the incident.
Just after 10 a.m., when the flight was 40 minutes from landing, a “cloud shot up vertically (like a smoke plume) in front of the airplane in a matter of seconds, and there was not enough time to deviate,” the report says.
The pilot told the lead flight attendant about the incoming weather, and within 1 to 3 seconds, the plane — an Airbus A330 — plowed into what the report described as “severely convectively induced turbulence,” the report says.
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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: hawaiianairlines; plume; turbulence
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:39:27 AM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Was there a dangling wrapper in the air too with the words ACME on the label ?
To: BenLurkin
That’s beyond my knowledge set.
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:42:29 AM PST
by
EEGator
To: BenLurkin
“severely convectively induced turbulence,” Hummm, induced by what??
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:42:48 AM PST
by
usurper
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To: BenLurkin
ITS GLOBUL SCHWARMING!
Or the ghost of Captain Cook!
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:46:52 AM PST
by
Candor7
( ( Ask not for whom Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!))
To: Gil4
Was hoping someone would post that!
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:46:52 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
a “cloud shot up vertically (like a smoke plume) in front of the airplane in a matter of seconds Someone flipped the switch on Mega Maid?
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:46:56 AM PST
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
To: BenLurkin
CAT - Clear Air Turbulence. It happens.
To: Gil4
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:47:54 AM PST
by
joma89
(Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
To: Candor7
Flew into an active climate change ,D’oh
To: usurper
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:50:32 AM PST
by
RedEyeJack
(What was the basis for the restriction? )
To: usurper
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:52:57 AM PST
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: BenLurkin
Someone tried to shoot the plane down?
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:54:20 AM PST
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: BenLurkin
This alien encounter will be explained as CAT, clear air turbulence 😁.
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:54:32 AM PST
by
TermLimits4All
(Voting booths don't matter. Results are already baked and we're just useless pawns. )
To: BenLurkin
40 minutes from landing - time enough to go stand in line for that last trip to the bathroom.
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posted on
01/14/2023 6:59:17 AM PST
by
glorgau
To: Gil4
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posted on
01/14/2023 7:01:42 AM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Candor7
ITS GLOBUL SCHWARMING!
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posted on
01/14/2023 7:04:52 AM PST
by
ConservativeInPA
(Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
To: BenLurkin
“left more than two dozen people injured and damaged the aircraft last month...”
Not to mention all the underwear that had to be disposed of 😏
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posted on
01/14/2023 7:07:00 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
If there was a cloud shooting upward it was not clear air.
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posted on
01/14/2023 7:10:03 AM PST
by
RWGinger
(LGB)
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