Did you ever land in a storm?

The southwest of Spain, Balearics and in general the Med. coast (specially Valencia area) is pretty common massive storms in september/october called “gota fría” as the atmosphere gets cold after the summer heat. Mahon Airport (Menorca) is particularly dangerours not only for these aspect, but for the orographic obstacules and bad visibility in winter.

The southwest of Spain, Balearics and in general the Med. coast (specially Valencia area) is pretty common massive storms in september/october called “gota fría” as the atmosphere gets cold after the summer heat. Mahon Airport (Menorca) is particularly dangerours not only for these aspect, but for the orographic obstacules and bad visibility in winter.

Why do airlines get in weather situations like that?. I understand they operate within safety limits and no danger at any moment….but…..wooww. Passengers get scared to death. Went to the airport again, and even three approaches on another CRJ.

Why do airlines get in weather situations like that?. I understand they operate within safety limits and no danger at any moment….but…..wooww. Passengers get scared to death. Went to the airport again, and even three approaches on another CRJ.

I flew through the outer edge of a cyclone on a Continental 742 flying from Honolulu to Sydney in 1988, there was about ten minutes of the most severe turbulance i’ve ever encountered in my fifty years of flying, i thought the plane was going to disintegrate

I flew through the outer edge of a cyclone on a Continental 742 flying from Honolulu to Sydney in 1988, there was about ten minutes of the most severe turbulance i’ve ever encountered in my fifty years of flying, i thought the plane was going to disintegrate

Yes landing at Mahon, Menorca in a lightning storm after the 2hour flight from GLA and landing at GLA on a small Loganair we suddenly droped.

Yes landing at Mahon, Menorca in a lightning storm after the 2hour flight from GLA and landing at GLA on a small Loganair we suddenly droped.

Last year i flew from LAX-IAD on a 767-200 with UA. First we circled the airfield for about 20 minutes until the storm passed. But then we were told that there was another storm heading towards us so we quickly got in to the que for the runway and what a rollarcoaster ride it was up and down up and down until we finally landed ,which was the worst landing i have ever expierinced. Lucky enough we just about caught are flight back to LHR. The other storm that was supposed to be coming had actually just passed north of the field. So are climb out was fine in the practically empty 777.

Last year i flew from LAX-IAD on a 767-200 with UA. First we circled the airfield for about 20 minutes until the storm passed. But then we were told that there was another storm heading towards us so we quickly got in to the que for the runway and what a rollarcoaster ride it was up and down up and down until we finally landed ,which was the worst landing i have ever expierinced. Lucky enough we just about caught are flight back to LHR. The other storm that was supposed to be coming had actually just passed north of the field. So are climb out was fine in the practically empty 777.

When we took off from Orlando Sanford back to London Gatwick on a European 747-200 (G-BDXF) we had already been delayed for 3 hours due to a massive storm, and when about 30min – 1hr into the flight a flight atendent came around our cabin we were in sunshine first with 22 capacity. When he just went past me we had already been shaking a bit and then we dropped altitude quite a bit and we had our stomaches in our mouths (figure of speach), he was lifted off the floor and hit the ceiling and for about 20 min after that we kept shaking about.

We also landed in a hurricane 😀

When we took off from Orlando Sanford back to London Gatwick on a European 747-200 (G-BDXF) we had already been delayed for 3 hours due to a massive storm, and when about 30min – 1hr into the flight a flight atendent came around our cabin we were in sunshine first with 22 capacity. When he just went past me we had already been shaking a bit and then we dropped altitude quite a bit and we had our stomaches in our mouths (figure of speach), he was lifted off the floor and hit the ceiling and for about 20 min after that we kept shaking about.

We also landed in a hurricane 😀

Descending into Orlando Sanford in our Air 2000 767 (G-OOAO), we entered storm clouds and we got tossed about in these for about 10 minutes before we dropped underneath these clouds and we nearly got struck by lightning. Then to compound our misery we had a dreadful landing, bouncing three times before settling on the runway. The only good thing was the fact we used an awful lot of reverse thrust which shook the aircraft itself and masses of water was being thrown up and past the windows!!

Descending into Orlando Sanford in our Air 2000 767 (G-OOAO), we entered storm clouds and we got tossed about in these for about 10 minutes before we dropped underneath these clouds and we nearly got struck by lightning. Then to compound our misery we had a dreadful landing, bouncing three times before settling on the runway. The only good thing was the fact we used an awful lot of reverse thrust which shook the aircraft itself and masses of water was being thrown up and past the windows!!