Delta flight beats Hurricane Irma

Re:Delta flight beats Hurricane Irma by pc2g4d on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @05:22PM (#15187237)

It's like an action movie escape. I'm really, really glad I wasn't on that flight, but it's exciting to watch from a safe remove!

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Re:Delta flight beats Hurricane Irma by SeoxyS on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @05:54PM (#15187420)

I've escaped on one of the last flight before a hurricane / large storm twice now (once out of HKG before a large typhoon, and once in PVR before a milder storm).

Once you're in the air, and once you reach cruising altitude, you're fine. The real danger is landing in the storm, with low visibility and high winds.

That PVR-SFO flight was the scariest of my life; with no service and FAs strapped to their chairs for the entire 4h of the flight.

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Re:Delta flight beats Hurricane Irma by mykeliu on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @10:47PM (#15188817)

Seeing the image where DL302 flies between the outer band and the body of the storm——that's pretty badass.

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Re:Delta flight beats Hurricane Irma by positr0n on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @05:25PM (#15187251)

hmm, I'd rather be on that flight than staying behind in PR!

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