Ever flew in a thunderstorm?

Nocturnal

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Was it scary? My mom is flying here right now and I hope she's ok as it is raining/thunderstorming pretty hard.
 
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Just once, on my way to Texas. You could see lightening out the windows and plane was shaking quite a bit.

EDIT: It was pretty fvcking scary.
 

Twista

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Originally posted by: CheapArse
Just once, on my way to Texas. You could see lightening out the windows and plane was shaking quite a bit.

Yep, some here. Thing is i saw the lighting but heard no thunder** .. what the fu ck! Is the airplane that loud? ?>
 

NakaNaka

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At first, the thought of flying through thunderstorms scared me but then I read up on it and even if lightning struck the plane, everything would be okay.
 

dman

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I was on a plane a few mo's back (sometime earlier this year don't remember exactly which one)...

Anyway lightning hit the plane. Saw a bright flash, and heard the noise, and pretty much that was it, plane did fine. Still scared me but I guess it happens frequently enough and it's not really an issue. The takeoffs and landings can be a bit of an issue so sometimes they'll reroute to a different airport of weather is an issue, they are pretty conservative about those kinds of things so I tend not to worry about it.

 
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Lola

yep. and there was a tornado warning at the airport as well. it was bad, but not too bad. just a lot of turbulance.