Posted on 06/06/2018 9:52:44 AM PDT by C19fan
American Airlines Flight 1897 met a storm from hell on Sunday. Strong updrafts tossed the aircraft and thick hail battered its body.
The incredible pictures of the plane's destroyed nose captured the world's attention. Meanwhile, though, observers on the ground captured another wild visual: the flight's meandering real-time path as pilots tried to navigate around the worst of the monster storm.
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The engine manufacturers design and test them to survive ingesting all sorts of crap; it goes way beyond just birds. The famous “chicken gun” is just the beginning. Yes, they’re designed and tested to withstand hail. I feel quite certain, though, that those engines will be pulled and thoroughly inspected (and possibly refurbished) before being returned to service.
“...they bought their tickets; they knew what they were getting into. I say, let ‘em crash.”
My daughter flew the Denver to Dulles red eye this morning. I’m glad she had no issues.
They landed here in El Paso, we had that storm go through town. Construction has been going on an interstate project adjacent to our home’s back yard. The storm picked up all that loose dirt and produced a giant wall of dirt that swept through our residential area. Then came the hail, very nasty.
haha!! Great movie . . . :D
Wow!!! Glad I wasn’t on that flight. Awesome work by the pilot and co pilot.
That's one aspect of weather that I don't miss from living in New Mexico.
Darn... I’m sitting in the airport right now waiting for an international flight. Good news is after ascending, we will be above any fowl weather.
That is exactly what happened too. A previous post disparaging air traffic controllers was just plain wrong.
The crew used their weather radar to identify the most concentrated cells and requested (and received) vectors to navigate around them. That was a team effort.
I think duckies don't go up to 30,000 feet.
The Cockpit? What is it?
I think it’s a recording of the event that occurred earlier, not “real time” as in “right now”.
It was an AirBus. A real miracle it survived at all.
No kidding. The turbulence during final approach seems permanent. Someone told me it has to do with the Front Range. I just buckle up and enjoy the ride. It's like some giant is grabbing the plane and shaking it.
They will find out that this is a FULLY FUNCTIONAL star destroyer!
Gonna need some of that to hold it together on till FAA finishes the inspection;)
That storm was very nasty, and very concentrated. If you’re on the east or west side of the metroplex, you missed it completely.
I think we literally missed it by maybe five miles.
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