Are there any confirmed incidents of planes being sucked into a meteorological vortex in earth orbit? Such as a tornado or other phenomenon?
I'm not sure what you are asking. If there was any vortex I don't see it sucking you into space as it will be a low pressure system which would mean an even lower differential pressure between you and space (which is obviously overcome normally by gravity which holds our atmosphere on the planet). As far as the vortex giving enough kinetic energy? It seem extremely unlikely since any spacecraft needs to be traveling at least Mach 25 to go into orbit (less to briefly go into space). It is extraordinarily difficult to go even faster than Mach 1 through the atmosphere due to atmospheric resistance (the Space Shuttle uses about half of its fuel doing just that). You can go faster above the lower parts of atmosphere (like the Space Shuttle), but then you have lost the force that would be pushing you since you aren't going to have wind in a vacuum.
Thank you.
To an uninformed amateur's question - your answer added gravitas.
It is appreciated.
(I forgot about gravity;)
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