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magickedteacup:
clodicusmaximus:
dickslapthestate:
keepitmovinshawty:
aheartmadeofkyber:
So Delta flight 302 flew in to San Juan, picked up passengers, and threaded one arm of Irma on the way out. The pilot basically said “hold my beer” and took on a hurricane.
I am not entirely convinced that Poe Dameron was not flying this plane, to be honest.
You can read the Twitter thread here.
Everything about that story was amazing. Delta probably set a record for the turnaround too.
“And if the passengers would look out of the starboard window, they will see A MOTHERFUCKING HURRICANE. ALSO A HURRICANE TO PORT AS WELL.”
My dude landed and took off in less than an hour and squeezed between the arm of the hurricane and the core:
not to mention that the northwest quarter of a hurricane has the highest wind speed and most dangerous weather and they still did it
@bomberqueen17 : I feel like you would appreciate this story
Oh yes, I was watching it unfold on Twitter. Does this link to the flightwatcher guy’s Twitter moment? Only goddamn Moment™ I’ve ever bothered clicking on. I had fucking goosebumps it was so amazing. At the same time as that Delta flight took off, there were JetBlue and United flights that took off, but both the others turned back because they judged that there was not adequate time to turn around and come back.
And here’s the thing– they would have been right. If there had been more than one airplane, they’re unlikely to all have had time to turn around, but since that was the only plane in the damn airport trying to take off, he got it.
Still, it was cool. It was really cool. And it’s a testament to not only the pilot, but the entire support and dispatching staff of the airline and the airport. It’s amazing. That flight was jam-packed, 180 souls on it outbound– what a risk to take, but they were right and they made it.
magickedteacup:
clodicusmaximus:
dickslapthestate:
keepitmovinshawty:
aheartmadeofkyber:
So Delta flight 302 flew in to San Juan, picked up passengers, and threaded one arm of Irma on the way out. The pilot basically said “hold my beer” and took on a hurricane.
I am not entirely convinced that Poe Dameron was not flying this plane, to be honest.
You can read the Twitter thread here.
Everything about that story was amazing. Delta probably set a record for the turnaround too.
“And if the passengers would look out of the starboard window, they will see A MOTHERFUCKING HURRICANE. ALSO A HURRICANE TO PORT AS WELL.”
My dude landed and took off in less than an hour and squeezed between the arm of the hurricane and the core:
not to mention that the northwest quarter of a hurricane has the highest wind speed and most dangerous weather and they still did it
@bomberqueen17 : I feel like you would appreciate this story
Oh yes, I was watching it unfold on Twitter. Does this link to the flightwatcher guy’s Twitter moment? Only goddamn Moment™ I’ve ever bothered clicking on. I had fucking goosebumps it was so amazing. At the same time as that Delta flight took off, there were JetBlue and United flights that took off, but both the others turned back because they judged that there was not adequate time to turn around and come back.
And here’s the thing– they would have been right. If there had been more than one airplane, they’re unlikely to all have had time to turn around, but since that was the only plane in the damn airport trying to take off, he got it.
Still, it was cool. It was really cool. And it’s a testament to not only the pilot, but the entire support and dispatching staff of the airline and the airport. It’s amazing. That flight was jam-packed, 180 souls on it outbound– what a risk to take, but they were right and they made it.
