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Posted on 09/07/2017 5:41:21 AM PDT by cll
Eat your heart out, United!
A Delta flight that was heading to Puerto Rico from JFK airport on Wednesday managed to outrun Hurricane Irma — flying directly into the path of the Category 5 storm as it was bearing down on the island — before landing and taking off within the span of an hour.
The Boeing 737 was reportedly full of passengers after leaving the Big Apple at 8:12 a.m., according to FlightAware.
The online tracking system showed Flight 431 arriving in San Juan at 12:01 p.m. — just as Irma was making landfall.
Images posted on Twitter depicted a surreal scene, with the plane appearing to fly straight into the arms of the hurricane.
“Where others have turned back, Delta #DL431 presses on,” tweeted Flightradar24, an account that tracks live air traffic.
With no time to spare, the pilots quickly took care of business on the ground and got the plane back in the air by 12:41 p.m., FlightAware reported.
The flight later returned home to New York with its 173 passengers at 4:22 p.m.
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Why on earth would passengers want to fly TO the storm while everyone else is getting out?
And if already full, the plane couldn't very well evacuate more.
Does not compute...
The Hispanic mind always amazes me.
It was a scheduled flight... people got off and others got on.
To take care of family and friends? Take care of business?
What most people on the mainland fail to realize is that Puerto Rico is actually a safe place to be during a hurricane. Most of our buildings are made of reinforced concrete and storm windows. Our only “fear” is the inconvenience of being without electricity for days or weeks.
“The Hispanic mind always amazes me”? Jeez.
The Hispanic mind always amazes me.
You should make a banner out of that.
:)
That's what I thought.
I wouldn't ride out the storm in the JFK lounge.
The Delta pilots had ‘nads...
Either there is family on the island, or emergency workers who could be on-site immediately, or reporters. I could also see myself doing the same thing if my wife or kids were on the island, and flying back with them.
I think the worst of the storm went just north of PR.
I am going to speak up and say, remarks like that amaze me. Only a democrat troll would make such remarks. What if these people were going to kiss their family before the hurricane?
I walked more than five mile In a derecho with power lines and trees blocking most roads. I passed by dozens sitting in their cars waiting to be rescued.
5 miles is a lot for an old woman who just wanted to be with her hubby after a 12 hour hospital shift. Best thing was meeting him halfway home.
There obviously was no danger. The article is stupidly written. There was no race.
Does not compute...
One MIGHT argue that the 2nd strongest Atlantic storm in history is being over hyped.
ALL of the computer models were showing that the storm was going to stay north of Puerto Rico. The coastal buoys showed that if you are not near the eye wall of this hurricane, then it is a non-event.
This "hype" is similar to the Mathew news media last year when Drudge ran a headline that essentially asked where are Mathew's devastating winds? The answer is nobody saw the 140 kt winds that the news media was hyping 24/7.
MM DD TIME (AST) WDIR WSPD kts GST kts
09 06 1:54 pm NNW 32.1 46.0
The highest wind gust I saw at this particular weather station on Puerto Rico was 45 kts. This is hardly the storm of the century but it is sufficient with presstitute hype to scare the average citizen into action.
This track does NOT show the track just north of Puerto Rio but it was pretty close to PR at the North East corner of the island where this wx station is located.
Don't be surprised if Drudge runs another headline that asks where is the wind measurement that agrees with the NHC storm wind speed description? Unless you are in the eye wall, this is a very small hurricane and is not a problem.
Similarly, the NHC is still showing the forecast track to hit the east end of the Fla Keys when the models are (mostly) showing a trend that the storm will pass to the east of Miami. Unless you are in the eyewall, it is NOT going to cause significant damage.
Not really. The weather was in the operating parameters of the airport and the aircraft. Therefore, they flew the scheduled flight.
Evacuation:
YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
How does it amaze you? I am amazed that you even have a notion of what a Hispanic mind is since it is an utterly fabricated meaningless designation.
YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
It's all in the perspective. I'd say they safely escaped New York.
I wondered about that also.
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