Delta pilots fly thru thunderstorm

[Uncle Bunkle]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/08/us/delta-emergency-landing-hail/index.html
Female captain?

 

[Freebrd]

Overnight leg?

 

[Uncle Bunkle]

This will be nothing...

 

[Freebrd]

Looks like it might buff out....

 

[Uncle Bunkle]

SWA Bubba would have flown thru it....inverted...while passing out peanuts...

 

[400ADude]

This one looks pretty bad. Maybe it's that Valuejet scab who flew from Atlanta to Chicago right thru a hail storm and almost destroyed the airplane.


http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/12/us/safety-inquiry-on-damaged-plane.html

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wtor508a.htm

 

[Old School 737]

Didn't delta trash a 747 somewhere in Asia not to long ago going through a hail storm ?

 

[redflyer65]

Those guys need to slow down, their dangerous!















Sarcasm off.

 

[Tired Soul]

Didn't delta trash a 747 somewhere in Asia not to long ago going through a hail storm ?

Yep, after Chinese ATC refused a requested WX deviation

http://www.bizjournals.com/twinciti...mels-delta-747-over-china-nwas-spirit-of.html

 

[Freebrd]

was it that BNA light pole dude?

 

[Dornier 335]

Those guys need to slow down, their dangerous!















Sarcasm off.

Wrong once again! They need to monitor guard!

And it's not their! Sigh...

 

[Freebrd]

their, there, they're who cares really

 

[ironspud]

WINDCHECK? Rocket surgeon pilot?

 

[Erlanger]

Check out their flight path. Looks like they were trying to get between the weather but it closed in on them.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/stuostro/comment.html?entrynum=33

 

[Freebrd]

they were trying to get between
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/stuostro/comment.html?entrynum=33

that's what she said

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Those guys need to slow down, their dangerous.

They're dangerous. You were probably typing too fast.

 

[gobyebye]

Yep, after Chinese ATC refused a requested WX deviation

http://www.bizjournals.com/twinciti...mels-delta-747-over-china-nwas-spirit-of.html

That should never be an excuse for why you flew through a thunderstorm. You tell the controller you are using your captains emergency authority and do what you need to do. 20 years ago in my training I was told that controllers are here to serve the pilots. While that might be a stretch, I definitely feel like now they have a "do what we say or we'll violate you" mentality that pilots are so afraid of, and that's not right, and doesn't foster a safe environment.

 

[FLYN4LVE]

That should never be an excuse for why you flew through a thunderstorm. You tell the controller you are using your captains emergency authority and do what you need to do. 20 years ago in my training I was told that controllers are here to serve the pilots. While that might be a stretch, I definitely feel like now they have a "do what we say or we'll violate you" mentality that pilots are so afraid of, and that's not right, and doesn't foster a safe environment.

Have you ever flown internationally?

 

[SIG600]

That should never be an excuse for why you flew through a thunderstorm. You tell the controller you are using your captains emergency authority and do what you need to do. 20 years ago in my training I was told that controllers are here to serve the pilots. While that might be a stretch, I definitely feel like now they have a "do what we say or we'll violate you" mentality that pilots are so afraid of, and that's not right, and doesn't foster a safe environment.

We're talking about China here, not Atlanta center.

 

[Baronman]

We're talking about China here, not Atlanta center.

"We're declaring an emergency and deviating 30NM Right "R" of course"

They should understand that.