Couple things to know about thunderstorms. The major risks are heavy precip, hail, and severe turbulence. Lightning is also a factor but it rarely is an issue for airplanes. The FAA has a well known recommendation to remain at least 20 nautical miles away from thunderstorms. So while you can see lightning all over this video, the plane itself is a safe distance from the actual storm cell as demonstrated by the smooth flight in the video. Remember these planes are flown by two very experienced pilots and are have the support of their company’s dispatch team and ATC. They are flying IFR and would never be released for takeoff if there was an actual threat. Once airborne, they have tools onboard to see ground based and airborne radar and know up to the minute what is in front of them many miles out, in addition to ATC providing aircraft separation and weather vectors.
Okay, but then 1) why do planes get hit by lightnings regularly if they are at least 20 miles away? The thing with thunderstorms is that it is hard to predict where it moves and where it would hit. 2) why do pilots do fly through bad weather sometimes even if there is only minimal chance of getting struck by lightning or hail or severe turbulence? Shouldn‘t safety be more important than economical interests?
One time when I was flying between Las Vegas and Reno, we hit turbulence The Captain was cool as a cucumber. His voice of experience settled me down. When I departed the airplane, I shook his hand and thanked him.
Something like this happened to me too. When we landed I asked to talk to rhe captain and said: I was in panic. What a storm . And he calmly said: that storm. It was nothing. Since that day I am 0 afraid of flying under such condition.
I'm from a small town in nevada just 30 mins away from Reno. I'm 26, I've feared getting on airplanes since I could remember and I've never flown before this. When we were between Vegas and reno area, we hit turbulence and I was scared stiff. I couldn't even talk to my buddy next to me. After we landed In reno I thanked the pilots for getting us back safely but to them it was nothing. They were very kind towards me!
Some context here for anyone who might be wondering what kind of maniac pilot takes off into a thunderstorm. They never flew through a thunderstorm…not even close. Notice how smooth the flight is. All modern airliners (and even many smaller airplanes) are equipped with advanced weather radar so if their flight path happens to take them through a storm, they’ll shimmy around it…you can actually find videos on UA-cam of weather radar with dozens of airplanes dipping around storms, etc. You know how thunderstorms always look crazier at night? That’s because you see all of the little flashes in the distance that are obscured during the day. That’s what you’re seeing here. The fact that there was minimal turbulence means the convective air (the stuff you NEVER wanna fly through…A380, Piper Tomahawk, doesn’t matter…icky death awaits) was *well* off in the distance. They were never in any danger.
I flew back to London from the Dominican Republic this morning. Ended up going through the side of a tropical cyclone that was happening somewhere over the Atlantic. Severe turbulence and lightening both sides of the plane. When the cabin crew look worried you know it’s not good. Respect to the pilots for getting us home safe because that was one scary flight!
@@megadethly Severity of Turbulence For the purpose of reporting and forecasting of air turbulence, it is graded on a relative scale, according to its perceived or potential effect on a 'typical' aircraft, as Light, Moderate, Severe and Extreme. Light turbulence is the least severe, with slight, erratic changes in attitude and/or altitude. - Moderate turbulence is similar to light turbulence, but of greater intensity - variations in speed as well as altitude and attitude may occur but the aircraft remains in control all the time. - Severe turbulence is characterized by large, abrupt changes in attitude and altitude with large variations in airspeed. There may be brief periods where effective control of the aircraft is impossible. Loose objects may move around the cabin and damage to aircraft structures may occur. - Extreme turbulence is capable of causing structural damage and resulting directly in prolonged, possibly terminal, loss of control of the aircraft.
If you were on a airplane that flew through a cyclone you and everyone else on board that airplane would be dead right now so just stop your bull shit lies
Just pausing at 4:57, I can confirm there's a tornado (right next to the lightning) but the distance from the plane is a lot. Despite the turbulence, the storm is nowhere near the aircraft. Usually when there's a storm (in this scenario a tornado) in the vicinity of the plane (
Video doesn't capture the intensity of turbulence. You can be in the plane going around like a tennis shoe in a dryer and the video will look like it's perfectly smooth.
Nice lightning storm! I have to say that from the video the flight appears to be pretty smooth. That's nice. I'm an experienced flyer, but I have to say that flying at night in significantly turbulent conditions is never easy on me. Lightning doesn't bother me so much. But I had a recent flight out of Boston after dark that had some long lasting and pretty strong turbulence. I can handle most turbulence. But when it starts to throw you around in your seat and it doesn't dissipate, then I act calm but in reality my heart starts racing.
1:02 I’m pretty sure you can hear the thunder with headphones on. That’s impressive if you can hear it with the engines on!! That must of been a loud thunder crash!
Felt it last night.. My flight was from Guwahati to Newdelhi. Situation freaked everyone out. By god the captain of our aircraft was exceptional...he made the landing possible
Reality is the pilots are just navigators through most of the flight. They look at radar, get instructions from ATC, and “tell” the aircraft where to go through Autopilot. The true heroes are the designers and builders of these amazing aircraft who put them through tests most aircraft will never experience in a real flight. As scary and uncomfortable as these flights may be, the airplane is designed to withstand so much more.
Flew through a thunderstorm on a flight Key West to Miami International in a small prop jet plane. Turbulence and lightning all around. I could see up the isle and into the cockpit as the curtain partition was open. There I could see a radar screen with the storm clouds outlined all around us. Kudos to the captain, whoever they were.
Being a pilot myself I’ll take dodging thunderstorms any day especially with having airborne radar and ATC helping me avoid storm cells over sitting in traffic having to worry about some asshole running a red light or driving drunk.
Well, you may feel better being in a plane (and that's perfect fine. I'm not arguing like some of these idiots on here) but my choice is, and always will be, staying on the ground if possible. I can lose every tire on my vehicle and still live through it. If you lose even part of the tail, or your hydraulics for instance, you're coming down.
Having structural failure on an aircraft is extremely rare if you look at the statistics and losing your hydraulics also isn’t going to make an aircraft fall out of the sky. Now losing all 4 tires while cruising down a highway….that’d be interesting to see that outcome.
@jamesstreet228 for a plane to lose all of its hydraulics is like for your car to suddenly lose all its tires and brutally rollover into incoming traffic. Planes are more redundant than cars so your point of "if an error happens its safer in a car" is dead wrong
Pilots know what they are doing. Planes can handle lightning strikes. This was no storm, just some lightning, no worries. Definitely no tornado dude, they don't fly through that.
I'm four minutes and thirty seconds in (04:30), the plane hasn't started its take-off roll. Could please put a note in the description as to where to start watching the "flying" part?
Good grief! To think how fast the plane is traveling and the storm goes on and on! Before reading about this, I wondered where it was---I guessed somewhere in the southern midwest. I see I was right---Dallas to Tulsa---tornado alley to be sure. Happy the plane made it through safely. Great video! I once was on a plane going from Minneapolis back to San Diego when, just before the plane taxied on the runway to take off, a violent thunderstorm hit. We did not take off for just over an hour---we all sat on the airplane watching the storm--wind, rain and wild lightning. That was a long and muggy experience.
4:26 Power Flash. Their was IN FACT a Tornado Warning with a Confirmed Tornado on the ground as we were the last Aircraft to depart before they shut down the Airport. I worked for that Airline before and that was the reports when I arrived home to work my shift. Aircraft was struck once and was taken OOS for a week
If you had a tornado warning on the ground anywhere near you, they wouldn’t have taken off lol… Airports have Doppler and would have suspended any flights.
Took off from Roanoke one night into the most ferocious thunderstorm, lightning encompassing the plane & we were bouncing like a ball!!!! Very unnerving!!!!
You'd know it if you flew 'through' the thunderstorm. That storm was clearly far enough away for the flight crew to safely take off. Pretty smooth takeoff.
Professional pilots don’t fly through thunderstorms. Yes, on occasion, they blunder into one or get too close. Depending on the severity of a storm or a line of storms, the minimum distance is 20 miles of deviation. That doesn’t mean you won’t experience some turbulence. Lighting from a storm that is no where close to the airplane can seem like it is. Especially if you’re flying in clouds.
I was surprised planes even takeoff in the middle of a thunderstorm. But judging by the amount of wing bounce it didn't seem all that bad. I guess they know what they're doing.
That’s actually good. Being stiff means it’s more likely to break since it is basically fighting the tendency to shift. Being flexible prevents breaking.
Quite a dramatic lightning show on the runway! Saw little to no wing bounce, which would indicate turbulence. Lots of flashes airborne, but passengers laughing in background. I agree that while directly flying into strong storms, or intense squall lines, there is real danger. With the peaceful vibe in this plane, the pilots seemed to have everything under control. Also, due to windsheer, pilots are forbidden to take off into a thunderstorm. No problem here.
many years ago we sat at the holding point for over 1 hour at DFW because of weather, of course that cost me my connection in LAX back to Australia, but I was happy to wait
I remember flying through a rain storm on my way to Australia, the plane was shaking like crazy but everyone was so chill like it wasn’t even happening. I had no idea why because I was freaked out
I spy a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning but not a single power flash. And you're either super steady with a cam or there wasn't a lot of unexpected turbulence....very cool lightning shots though!
as long as you are not in a microburst area or any of the severe winds, youll be fine. Lightning rarely hits planes as they are not bonded to Earth in the air, it does still occasionally, but when it does the current flows around the plane body and back down to Earth, rarely causing any issues in the plane.
takeoff roll starts at 4:34 most def nothing to be worried over, planes must be rated to take strikes to fly passengers, there is no turbulence worth noting, no hail most importantly, they don't takeoff into weather like that - especially since the airport has a much better radar
@@CasamTheAnimator I wasn't asking how aircraft achieve lift, there was no question even in that comment, I was stating that an airport would not grant an aircraft permission to take off into dangerous weather
I was in Colorado about to take off to return to California. A severe thunderstorm approached Denver airport. I thought we were definitely going to be delayed. We were not. All airplanes took off like normal. There was intense lightning and heavy rains. It was pretty crazy sight to see. I didnt know this was a normal thing.
I'm a bit surprised the flight was allowed to depart. I live close to a major UK airport and if a storm cell rolls over it all flights are held either on the ground or safely out of the way if incoming. And our storms are nothing compared to those in the US!
Thunderstorms don't bother me but I'd have been quite apprehensive if I'd have been on that flight, great video footage of the lightning though, now we have an idea what it's like flying through a thunderstorm. I've flown over one but not through one like that. Well done to the Pilots too for getting the plane and everyone through that storm.
You wouldn’t be able to do that mid flight because the cabin is pressurized. You’d have to exceed over about 24,000lbs of force to open that door. So good luck pal
@@zaram131 big baby. how about you grow a pair? being all dramatic over something that's so typical and happens all the time when flying. If it were too dangerous they wouldn't even allow take off. During turbulence, the last thing anyone needs is some drama queen making it worse for everybody else.
@@knucklehoagieswhat do you get out of being rude to people that have done nothing to you online ? you’re clearly very fragile and easily offended, if that persons comment upset you so much you shouldn’t be on the internet. surely you’ve got something better to do than be a menace to people making harmless comments on youtube????
Nice video. If I had been filming this, I would have had to put a parental warning at the beginning. "This video contains a heavy use of profanity, farting noises and the sound of a grown man screaming like a 12 year old little girl." That was intense. That's the kind where you hope they climb above the clouds with the quickness. Nice upload. I watched the entire video.
At least no lightning strikes on the plane. I had that happen somewhere between Albuquerque & Phoenix before we got re-routed down to Tucson & back up to Phoenix. Monsoons. We lost all electrical in the cabin. Pilot was standing with the flight attendants as we left the plane for those with questions. He said we took a hit (but we knew that).
I've only ever seen that movie once in my life, when I was about 15 in 1994...📺 And I will _ALWAYS_ remember that image of the Gremlin on the wing! 🛬 _EVERYONE_ seems to remember *that* bit! 🤔😁😬 ✌🏼😄👍🏼
I'm late to your video. But however your right right before the 4:30 min mark indeed was a power flash not sure from a tornado circulation. Straight line winds or lightning strike. But it was a power flash good eye!!!!
Pretty smooth flight. Good light show though. I have flown out of Vegas in 2014 just before a good lightning and wind storm went over. Never the less the planes tail was being buffeted by winds at the gate and the roll spoilers were deployed on one side during take off and we were in a roller coaster feeling for a good 20 mins once in the air and we weren’t flying through the centre of it. However arrival into YYC was the smoothest landing I have been on absolute 0 turbulence although it was -24c.
There might have been a Supercell nearby and pilots have to fly around them and that's got to be difficult at night even with radar's as lots of them keep growing at move at speed.
I once flew through a proper banging storm over the Bay of Biscay in a Boeing 757, it was so bad the pilot was told to climb to 41k the engines were screaming, massive turbulence, loads of lightning, the stewards were running along closing the blinds, it was fantastic 😎
It seemed serene, all things being equal. Some distant lightning, engines steady, virtually no turbulence, missed any hint of microbursts due to Nextrad. Don't get it.
I enjoy the video I an ex pilot myself and crazy as it sounds the best time that I flew and that I flew was when there was a lot of wind turbulence and so forth of course but all was safe thank you for the video I hope to see more!
@@hibbahq a few things pilots do during turbulence is 1 get higher to avoid it 2 they typically try to plan their route to avoid it and 3 they have autopilot that can keep the plane level.
Lots of lightning but pretty smooth. Looks like the pilots understood the conditions pretty well. Still, I can understand why passengers could get nervous in this. A few words from the captain would have been nice.
All my "interesting" flights have been flying in and out of Texas, severe turbulence, cancelled flights, delayed flights, etc., don't miss it at all... \m/
Hell yeah. In the summer months any airport in states near the Gulf of Mexico are hell to fly in. I got into a storm coming into Atlanta from Frankfurt Germany on a Lufthansa DC-10 one July and it was pure hell. I try to avoid having to fly along the Gulf coast in the summer.
That is some intense storm. I remember flying from Ft. Lauderdale to JFK on JetBlue, I was flying over Washington DC and there was this huge storm cloud and flew right through it and the turbulence was so bad that things were rattling and I was holding on to my seat praying hard. Then once my flight got to JFK the airport was closed because of the storm and we had to circle around for an hour. That was some experience I had.
it's scary but keep in mind, you're safe turbulence is more of a annoying hurdle to Captains if anything and it's kinda cool to see inside a thunderstorm
I thought that at least some US airports that when there is lightning strikes going on airport grounds or within a certain distance, no aircraft could move on the ground at all, let alone take off or land, this certainly was the case at Orlando anyways
FlightsSim Microsoft Flighsumulator graphics getting better and better. Although they could make the tenor of the engines heard from inside the cabin way more realistic, it’s never so uniform but mixed with other sounds, shaking, voices etc. I would also look at better third party aircraft to take the realism even further, PMDG is pretty good. Your weather though looks quite realistic.
Couple things to know about thunderstorms. The major risks are heavy precip, hail, and severe turbulence. Lightning is also a factor but it rarely is an issue for airplanes. The FAA has a well known recommendation to remain at least 20 nautical miles away from thunderstorms. So while you can see lightning all over this video, the plane itself is a safe distance from the actual storm cell as demonstrated by the smooth flight in the video. Remember these planes are flown by two very experienced pilots and are have the support of their company’s dispatch team and ATC. They are flying IFR and would never be released for takeoff if there was an actual threat. Once airborne, they have tools onboard to see ground based and airborne radar and know up to the minute what is in front of them many miles out, in addition to ATC providing aircraft separation and weather vectors.
Did Victor check the vectors?
thx mom
Interesting. Thank you.
Okay, but then
1) why do planes get hit by lightnings regularly if they are at least 20 miles away? The thing with thunderstorms is that it is hard to predict where it moves and where it would hit.
2) why do pilots do fly through bad weather sometimes even if there is only minimal chance of getting struck by lightning or hail or severe turbulence? Shouldn‘t safety be more important than economical interests?
@@manhootroger Roger….you have clearance Clarence!!
One time when I was flying between Las Vegas and Reno, we hit turbulence
The Captain was cool as a cucumber. His voice of experience settled me down. When I departed the airplane, I shook his hand and thanked him.
Something like this happened to me too. When we landed I asked to talk to rhe captain and said: I was in panic. What a storm
. And he calmly said: that storm.
It was nothing.
Since that day I am 0 afraid of flying under such condition.
I'm from a small town in nevada just 30 mins away from Reno. I'm 26, I've feared getting on airplanes since I could remember and I've never flown before this. When we were between Vegas and reno area, we hit turbulence and I was scared stiff. I couldn't even talk to my buddy next to me. After we landed In reno I thanked the pilots for getting us back safely but to them it was nothing. They were very kind towards me!
@@maxdetwiler3387 I was on an America West flight. The calmness of the captain was reassuring.
Some context here for anyone who might be wondering what kind of maniac pilot takes off into a thunderstorm. They never flew through a thunderstorm…not even close. Notice how smooth the flight is. All modern airliners (and even many smaller airplanes) are equipped with advanced weather radar so if their flight path happens to take them through a storm, they’ll shimmy around it…you can actually find videos on UA-cam of weather radar with dozens of airplanes dipping around storms, etc. You know how thunderstorms always look crazier at night? That’s because you see all of the little flashes in the distance that are obscured during the day. That’s what you’re seeing here. The fact that there was minimal turbulence means the convective air (the stuff you NEVER wanna fly through…A380, Piper Tomahawk, doesn’t matter…icky death awaits) was *well* off in the distance. They were never in any danger.
"There's a man out on the wing!!"
"Everyone remain calm , im an air Marshall!!! "
Little green man on the wing. ☝️👽
That was the grim reaper
Homelander?
Peter: "It's me, I'm the man out on the wing"
I flew back to London from the Dominican Republic this morning. Ended up going through the side of a tropical cyclone that was happening somewhere over the Atlantic. Severe turbulence and lightening both sides of the plane. When the cabin crew look worried you know it’s not good. Respect to the pilots for getting us home safe because that was one scary flight!
Everyone thinks they've experienced 'severe' turbulence when in fact they probably haven't.
@@megadethly It is called moderate turbulence - severe turbulence and the plane may not have made it
@@megadethly Severity of Turbulence
For the purpose of reporting and forecasting of air turbulence, it is graded on a relative scale, according to its perceived or potential effect on a 'typical' aircraft, as Light, Moderate, Severe and Extreme.
Light turbulence is the least severe, with slight, erratic changes in attitude and/or altitude. - Moderate turbulence is similar to light turbulence, but of greater intensity - variations in speed as well as altitude and attitude may occur but the aircraft remains in control all the time. - Severe turbulence is characterized by large, abrupt changes in attitude and altitude with large variations in airspeed. There may be brief periods where effective control of the aircraft is impossible. Loose objects may move around the cabin and damage to aircraft structures may occur. - Extreme turbulence is capable of causing structural damage and resulting directly in prolonged, possibly terminal, loss of control of the aircraft.
Glad you made it safely!!
If you were on a airplane that flew through a cyclone you and everyone else on board that airplane would be dead right now so just stop your bull shit lies
Hearing the engine noise of the airplane and seeing the flashes of lightning is an ASMR experience for me.
No kidding!!!!
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@@stasikdim7776 I'm guessing that means "Wheee!", to which I agree with the feeling completely.
I was waiting to see the twilight zone monster come out on the wing
Lol, that brings back memories….
Just pausing at 4:57, I can confirm there's a tornado (right next to the lightning) but the distance from the plane is a lot. Despite the turbulence, the storm is nowhere near the aircraft. Usually when there's a storm (in this scenario a tornado) in the vicinity of the plane (
I dont see it there I looked next to the lightning and there is no tornado.
@@Zebrahguy472 Check right side of the video, where the wing is. There's a tornado literally next to the lightning flash.
I could see that powerflash myself, when i double checked it on the video before seeing your comment i knew exactly what it was.
Its maybe reflection of the lightning idk it looks like tornado
Looks very smooth to me the pilots did a great job
Video doesn't capture the intensity of turbulence. You can be in the plane going around like a tennis shoe in a dryer and the video will look like it's perfectly smooth.
Pilots sipping coffee and reading USA Today. Storms always look closer than the are. Looked like a safe departure.
Nice lightning storm! I have to say that from the video the flight appears to be pretty smooth. That's nice. I'm an experienced flyer, but I have to say that flying at night in significantly turbulent conditions is never easy on me. Lightning doesn't bother me so much. But I had a recent flight out of Boston after dark that had some long lasting and pretty strong turbulence. I can handle most turbulence. But when it starts to throw you around in your seat and it doesn't dissipate, then I act calm but in reality my heart starts racing.
I’m the same way under that kind of anxiety. I have the “you look so calm” demeanor but sometimes inside I am currently on a call with God lol.
Same here! I refuse to fly at night unless I have to. Also won’t fly if there are storms anywhere in the flight path, I hate flying so much….
Wow, incredible lightning storm! Overall video seemed like an aesthetic art piece of its own kind!
1:02 I’m pretty sure you can hear the thunder with headphones on. That’s impressive if you can hear it with the engines on!! That must of been a loud thunder crash!
Felt it last night.. My flight was from Guwahati to Newdelhi. Situation freaked everyone out. By god the captain of our aircraft was exceptional...he made the landing possible
You should know pilots find this stuff quite fun!
@@Kpoole35 indeed! It makes you feel like a ship captain in the age of sail. A real adventure!
Reality is the pilots are just navigators through most of the flight. They look at radar, get instructions from ATC, and “tell” the aircraft where to go through Autopilot. The true heroes are the designers and builders of these amazing aircraft who put them through tests most aircraft will never experience in a real flight. As scary and uncomfortable as these flights may be, the airplane is designed to withstand so much more.
I think I saw someone outside, on the wing!
Flew through a thunderstorm on a flight Key West to Miami International in a small prop jet plane. Turbulence and lightning all around. I could see up the isle and into the cockpit as the curtain partition was open. There I could see a radar screen with the storm clouds outlined all around us. Kudos to the captain, whoever they were.
Being a pilot myself I’ll take dodging thunderstorms any day especially with having airborne radar and ATC helping me avoid storm cells over sitting in traffic having to worry about some asshole running a red light or driving drunk.
Well, you may feel better being in a plane (and that's perfect fine. I'm not arguing like some of these idiots on here) but my choice is, and always will be, staying on the ground if possible. I can lose every tire on my vehicle and still live through it. If you lose even part of the tail, or your hydraulics for instance, you're coming down.
Having structural failure on an aircraft is extremely rare if you look at the statistics and losing your hydraulics also isn’t going to make an aircraft fall out of the sky. Now losing all 4 tires while cruising down a highway….that’d be interesting to see that outcome.
@jamesstreet228 for a plane to lose all of its hydraulics is like for your car to suddenly lose all its tires and brutally rollover into incoming traffic. Planes are more redundant than cars so your point of "if an error happens its safer in a car" is dead wrong
Pilots know what they are doing. Planes can handle lightning strikes. This was no storm, just some lightning, no worries. Definitely no tornado dude, they don't fly through that.
not all pilots mate
@@andybrugman3619 truest statement ive ever read- some real cowboys out there
Wdym this is not a storm?? All storms produce lightning so it’s a storm
Lightning can damage the wing and can't fly.
A thunderstorm is a cumulonimbus cloud. Only cumulonimbus clouds produce lightning. This was a thunderstorm.
I'm four minutes and thirty seconds in (04:30), the plane hasn't started its take-off roll. Could please put a note in the description as to where to start watching the "flying" part?
Good grief! To think how fast the plane is traveling and the storm goes on and on! Before reading about this, I wondered where it was---I guessed somewhere in the southern midwest. I see I was right---Dallas to Tulsa---tornado alley to be sure. Happy the plane made it through safely. Great video! I once was on a plane going from Minneapolis back to San Diego when, just before the plane taxied on the runway to take off, a violent thunderstorm hit. We did not take off for just over an hour---we all sat on the airplane watching the storm--wind, rain and wild lightning. That was a long and muggy experience.
7:01 holy Lightning
YES! AND at 10:10
Looks like a "Twilight Zone" sequel .
4:26 Power Flash. Their was IN FACT a Tornado Warning with a Confirmed Tornado on the ground as we were the last Aircraft to depart before they shut down the Airport. I worked for that Airline before and that was the reports when I arrived home to work my shift. Aircraft was struck once and was taken OOS for a week
If you had a tornado warning on the ground anywhere near you, they wouldn’t have taken off lol… Airports have Doppler and would have suspended any flights.
767? Or 737?
Yep you aren't wrong, definetly saw a power flash at 4:26.
@@MillennialB1 thanks that's what I was thinking but wasn't 💯 percent sure
Your flight was probably the last to take off then and all later flights grounded
Took off from Roanoke one night into the most ferocious thunderstorm, lightning encompassing the plane & we were bouncing like a ball!!!! Very unnerving!!!!
Just imagine you’re on a roller coaster
You'd know it if you flew 'through' the thunderstorm. That storm was clearly far enough away for the flight crew to safely take off. Pretty smooth takeoff.
I cant believe you took off in that! Unbelievable!!
I'd be nervous as all hell, lmao.
Nothing the pilots haven't seen and flown in previously l. They have thorough training and modern aircraft can deal with adverse weather conditions
@@sarajoolae8197 ok
@@sarajoolae8197 they can still wait another 15 minutes, whats the big deal
WOW. GOOD footage. Thank you for sharing.
Is Whip Whitaker flying this route? "Whoaaaa, can't help ya now Brother!"
The video doesn't pick up the thunder sounds?
You wont be able to hear it over the engines.
That was fantastic I love videos like these I wish they were more. Keep up your good work
Professional pilots don’t fly through thunderstorms. Yes, on occasion, they blunder into one or get too close. Depending on the severity of a storm or a line of storms, the minimum distance is 20 miles of deviation. That doesn’t mean you won’t experience some turbulence. Lighting from a storm that is no where close to the airplane can seem like it is. Especially if you’re flying in clouds.
I was surprised planes even takeoff in the middle of a thunderstorm. But judging by the amount of wing bounce it didn't seem all that bad. I guess they know what they're doing.
That's some really bad lightning..i wouldn't want the window seat
Pretty cool stuff. The way the aircraft is designed to bow and flex the way it does.
That’s actually good. Being stiff means it’s more likely to break since it is basically fighting the tendency to shift. Being flexible prevents breaking.
Quite a dramatic lightning show on the runway! Saw little to no wing bounce, which would indicate turbulence.
Lots of flashes airborne, but passengers laughing in background.
I agree that while directly flying into strong storms, or intense squall lines, there is real danger.
With the peaceful vibe in this plane, the pilots seemed to have everything under control.
Also, due to windsheer, pilots are forbidden to take off into a thunderstorm. No problem here.
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I’m shocked at how smooth that was
Actually an awesome experience. I would've sat with my face glued to the window just to watch this act of nature.
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many years ago we sat at the holding point for over 1 hour at DFW because of weather, of course that cost me my connection in LAX back to Australia, but I was happy to wait
I remember flying through a rain storm on my way to Australia, the plane was shaking like crazy but everyone was so chill like it wasn’t even happening. I had no idea why because I was freaked out
I spy a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning but not a single power flash. And you're either super steady with a cam or there wasn't a lot of unexpected turbulence....very cool lightning shots though!
as long as you are not in a microburst area or any of the severe winds, youll be fine. Lightning rarely hits planes as they are not bonded to Earth in the air, it does still occasionally, but when it does the current flows around the plane body and back down to Earth, rarely causing any issues in the plane.
takeoff roll starts at 4:34
most def nothing to be worried over, planes must be rated to take strikes to fly passengers, there is no turbulence worth noting, no hail
most importantly, they don't takeoff into weather like that - especially since the airport has a much better radar
They take off simply by just speeding up so that the wings pick up air molecules so that the plane can go up to the sky, irrespective of the weather.
@@CasamTheAnimator I wasn't asking how aircraft achieve lift, there was no question even in that comment, I was stating that an airport would not grant an aircraft permission to take off into dangerous weather
Incrível essa decolagem e parabéns pela coragem de filmar tudo. Eu teria me despedido da vida antes de enfrentar essa supercélula tempestuosa.
I was in Colorado about to take off to return to California. A severe thunderstorm approached Denver airport. I thought we were definitely going to be delayed. We were not. All airplanes took off like normal. There was intense lightning and heavy rains. It was pretty crazy sight to see. I didnt know this was a normal thing.
That was a creepy takeoff. Thunderstorms in the DFW to Oklahoma corridor are brutal - tornado alley!
I'm a bit surprised the flight was allowed to depart. I live close to a major UK airport and if a storm cell rolls over it all flights are held either on the ground or safely out of the way if incoming. And our storms are nothing compared to those in the US!
Nice job by the professional flight crew..
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Just a bit of rain and lightning. Nothing to worry about
Thunderstorms don't bother me but I'd have been quite apprehensive if I'd have been on that flight, great video footage of the lightning though, now we have an idea what it's like flying through a thunderstorm. I've flown over one but not through one like that. Well done to the Pilots too for getting the plane and everyone through that storm.
I thought they got better at keeping track of storms and deciding if the plane should fly or not? Are plans still getting lost even today?
It probably was deemed safe to fly
If I was a passenger on this flight, I would have gotten off the flight in fear of the thunderstorm and windshear.
Yeah, feel free to open the door mid flight, 😂
You wouldn’t be able to do that mid flight because the cabin is pressurized. You’d have to exceed over about 24,000lbs of force to open that door. So good luck pal
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windshear is mostly dangerous on landing, not as much on takeoff.
Yeah right. No you wouldn't have. Quit bein so dramatic.
Mostly smooth, just a little light chop starting around 10:50. I can see how people who haven't been around tstorms much might get nervous.
5:38 is the whole city lights flickering!? 😧
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It's pretty quiet on that plane. Probably a lot of silent praying. I'd be a nervous wreck!
I would never go onboard.
Same… I would be crying and praying.
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@@zaram131 big baby. how about you grow a pair? being all dramatic over something that's so typical and happens all the time when flying. If it were too dangerous they wouldn't even allow take off. During turbulence, the last thing anyone needs is some drama queen making it worse for everybody else.
@@knucklehoagieswhat do you get out of being rude to people that have done nothing to you online ? you’re clearly very fragile and easily offended, if that persons comment upset you so much you shouldn’t be on the internet. surely you’ve got something better to do than be a menace to people making harmless comments on youtube????
Nice video. If I had been filming this, I would have had to put a parental warning at the beginning. "This video contains a heavy use of profanity, farting noises and the sound of a grown man screaming like a 12 year old little girl." That was intense. That's the kind where you hope they climb above the clouds with the quickness. Nice upload. I watched the entire video.
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GREAT WEATHER, NICE TAKE OFF!
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At least no lightning strikes on the plane. I had that happen somewhere between Albuquerque & Phoenix before we got re-routed down to Tucson & back up to Phoenix. Monsoons. We lost all electrical in the cabin. Pilot was standing with the flight attendants as we left the plane for those with questions. He said we took a hit (but we knew that).
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Did you guys see the monster on the wing?
Really good footage! 👍 Some flights can be downright unnerving.
Hahaha I got it! The twilight zone movie. I always look at the wings now because of that movie! 😆
I've only ever seen that movie once in my life, when I was about 15 in 1994...📺
And I will _ALWAYS_ remember that image of the Gremlin on the wing! 🛬
_EVERYONE_ seems to remember *that* bit! 🤔😁😬
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I'm late to your video. But however your right right before the 4:30 min mark indeed was a power flash not sure from a tornado circulation. Straight line winds or lightning strike. But it was a power flash good eye!!!!
Pretty smooth flight. Good light show though. I have flown out of Vegas in 2014 just before a good lightning and wind storm went over. Never the less the planes tail was being buffeted by winds at the gate and the roll spoilers were deployed on one side during take off and we were in a roller coaster feeling for a good 20 mins once in the air and we weren’t flying through the centre of it. However arrival into YYC was the smoothest landing I have been on absolute 0 turbulence although it was -24c.
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There might have been a Supercell nearby and pilots have to fly around them and that's got to be difficult at night even with radar's as lots of them keep growing at move at speed.
Lots of cool CG bolts
There was no tornado, just some flying near thunderstorms. That was not even bad.
I once flew through a proper banging storm over the Bay of Biscay in a Boeing 757, it was so bad the pilot was told to climb to 41k the engines were screaming, massive turbulence, loads of lightning, the stewards were running along closing the blinds, it was fantastic 😎
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That's a cool lighting show on the plane.
Lightening can travel between 10 and 50 miles away from the center of a storm and no pilot would ever travel through the heart of a storm.
When me and my family went home after being holiday in malta there was a huge thunderstorm and when we were taking of the plane was shaking
Oh wow! U know if I saw ⛈ while flying, I would just keep my window closed and start praying just to have a safe trip...
I used to do that was absolutely terrified. Now that has turned to fascination. If I fly at night and don’t see a storm I am disappointed 🤣
It seemed serene, all things being equal. Some distant lightning, engines steady, virtually no turbulence, missed any hint of microbursts due to Nextrad. Don't get it.
I enjoy the video I an ex pilot myself and crazy as it sounds the best time that I flew and that I flew was when there was a lot of wind turbulence and so forth of course but all was safe thank you for the video I hope to see more!
How do u deal with turbulence and landing takeoff during thunderstorms
@@hibbahq a few things pilots do during turbulence is 1 get higher to avoid it 2 they typically try to plan their route to avoid it and 3 they have autopilot that can keep the plane level.
American A321 out of Nashville?
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Lots of lightning but pretty smooth. Looks like the pilots understood the conditions pretty well. Still, I can understand why passengers could get nervous in this. A few words from the captain would have been nice.
Great Capture! can i use this as part of my Video? you will be credited in the description and video!
All my "interesting" flights have been flying in and out of Texas, severe turbulence, cancelled flights, delayed flights, etc., don't miss it at all... \m/
Hell yeah. In the summer months any airport in states near the Gulf of Mexico are hell to fly in. I got into a storm coming into Atlanta from Frankfurt Germany on a Lufthansa DC-10 one July and it was pure hell. I try to avoid having to fly along the Gulf coast in the summer.
That is some intense storm. I remember flying from Ft. Lauderdale to JFK on JetBlue, I was flying over Washington DC and there was this huge storm cloud and flew right through it and the turbulence was so bad that things were rattling and I was holding on to my seat praying hard. Then once my flight got to JFK the airport was closed because of the storm and we had to circle around for an hour. That was some experience I had.
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I know it looks scary but man I’ll tell ya she was lookin good through that soup!
it's scary but keep in mind, you're safe
turbulence is more of a annoying hurdle to Captains if anything
and it's kinda cool to see inside a thunderstorm
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Good pilots. Nothing to worry about, they do this all the time.
I don't like flying or thunderstorms, I would have been so stressed out 😩😢
This gave me crazy anxiety. I hate flying on a clear sunny day.
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I thought that at least some US airports that when there is lightning strikes going on airport grounds or within a certain distance, no aircraft could move on the ground at all, let alone take off or land, this certainly was the case at Orlando anyways
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Was it bumpy?
Just the windshear is what Im afraid. Otherwise its a fantastic lightshow especially getting up and from cruising altitude
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FlightsSim Microsoft Flighsumulator graphics getting better and better. Although they could make the tenor of the engines heard from inside the cabin way more realistic, it’s never so uniform but mixed with other sounds, shaking, voices etc. I would also look at better third party aircraft to take the realism even further, PMDG is pretty good. Your weather though looks quite realistic.
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You can bet I would have not gotten on this plane.
The vibration is the plane or your hand holding the phone? If it was me, I would hardly be able to even film this.
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i dont know why im watching at these videos when I am flying Monday 12 ... I am sick lol
That is torture to the passengers
The pilot Highly trained able for this weather
hi was the plain you was flying on a 737-800
Garden variety thunderstorm. You made it sound way more dramatic than it actually was.
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That's crazy
He’s on the ground 🤣
Pilots to everything they possibly can to avoid thunderstorms
Very impressive
You took and almost immediately entered into clouds those must be some low clouds,
Lmao deadass I wrote this 2yrs ago ?
Its storm what else you expecting fool ? Starry skies. Dumbass I was lmao