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Delta flight beats Hurricane Irma (twitter.com/i)
51 points by LeoPanthera on Sept 6, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments



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!


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.


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


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


> Total time on ground for this 737-900ER: 52 minutes – That includes both taxi-in and taxi-out.

Man, talk about ground crew efficiency.


AirAsia is known for their 25 minute turnaround - not sure what the big deal is here. http://blog.airasia.com/the-25-minutes-turnaround/


If want a really fast turnaround time, need to use swap-able cabins: https://www.wired.com/2015/11/airbus-patents-detachable-cabi...




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