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.

@manhoot

3 ай бұрын

Did Victor check the vectors?

@ajcook7777

2 ай бұрын

thx mom

@kimberlyRedRose

2 ай бұрын

Interesting. Thank you.

@mihailgeorgiev4828

Ай бұрын

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.

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 KZread 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!!"

@samdedman7557

2 жыл бұрын

"Everyone remain calm , im an air Marshall!!! "

@cstbrent81

Жыл бұрын

Little green man on the wing. ☝️👽

@StonedUp1

Жыл бұрын

That was the grim reaper

@Bione77

Жыл бұрын

Homelander?

@modrago04

Жыл бұрын

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!

@megadethly

Жыл бұрын

Everyone thinks they've experienced 'severe' turbulence when in fact they probably haven't.

@jine7123

Жыл бұрын

@@megadethly It is called moderate turbulence - severe turbulence and the plane may not have made it

@airzillarocks

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Mienarrr

8 ай бұрын

Glad you made it safely!!

@stevestillplaysgames5732

6 ай бұрын

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

This gave me crazy anxiety. I hate flying on a clear sunny day.

I was waiting to see the twilight zone monster come out on the wing

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.

@Crisko591

7 ай бұрын

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.

@zaram131

6 ай бұрын

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….

That was a creepy takeoff. Thunderstorms in the DFW to Oklahoma corridor are brutal - tornado alley!

Looks very smooth to me the pilots did a great job

@jamesstreet228

Жыл бұрын

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.

That was fantastic I love videos like these I wish they were more. Keep up your good work

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

@Kpoole35

Жыл бұрын

You should know pilots find this stuff quite fun!

@rhysgoodman7628

11 ай бұрын

@@Kpoole35 indeed! It makes you feel like a ship captain in the age of sail. A real adventure!

@bigbritx8824

6 ай бұрын

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.

Pilots sipping coffee and reading USA Today. Storms always look closer than the are. Looked like a safe departure.

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.

@jamesstreet228

Жыл бұрын

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.

@rn2811

Жыл бұрын

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.

@floseatyard8063

Ай бұрын

​@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

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

Wow, incredible lightning storm! Overall video seemed like an aesthetic art piece of its own kind!

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.

Took off from Roanoke one night into the most ferocious thunderstorm, lightning encompassing the plane & we were bouncing like a ball!!!! Very unnerving!!!!

@jayasmrmore3687

7 ай бұрын

Just imagine you’re on a roller coaster

I cant believe you took off in that! Unbelievable!!

@noobsaibot8844

3 ай бұрын

I'd be nervous as all hell, lmao.

@sarajoolae8197

8 күн бұрын

Nothing the pilots haven't seen and flown in previously l. They have thorough training and modern aircraft can deal with adverse weather conditions

@joelt4416

8 күн бұрын

@@sarajoolae8197 ok

I’m shocked at how smooth that was

Pretty cool stuff. The way the aircraft is designed to bow and flex the way it does.

@jayasmrmore3687

7 ай бұрын

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.

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 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!

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.

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.

GREAT WEATHER, NICE TAKE OFF!

@zionneal1088

6 ай бұрын

BAD WEATHER NO GOOD TAKEOFF

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.

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.

@andybrugman3619

2 жыл бұрын

not all pilots mate

@Jackfrost751

2 жыл бұрын

@@andybrugman3619 truest statement ive ever read- some real cowboys out there

@KoId.

2 жыл бұрын

Wdym this is not a storm?? All storms produce lightning so it’s a storm

@dilianomartin.293

2 жыл бұрын

Lightning can damage the wing and can't fly.

@l33VI08

Жыл бұрын

A thunderstorm is a cumulonimbus cloud. Only cumulonimbus clouds produce lightning. This was a thunderstorm.

Is Whip Whitaker flying this route? "Whoaaaa, can't help ya now Brother!"

That's some really bad lightning..i wouldn't want the window seat

If I was a passenger on this flight, I would have gotten off the flight in fear of the thunderstorm and windshear.

@LexlutherVII

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, feel free to open the door mid flight, 😂

@SyncytheShredESP

5 ай бұрын

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

@Jeff-sp7bg

5 ай бұрын

Chill

@chriswebbtech

5 ай бұрын

windshear is mostly dangerous on landing, not as much on takeoff.

@knucklehoagies

3 ай бұрын

Yeah right. No you wouldn't have. Quit bein so dramatic.

It's pretty quiet on that plane. Probably a lot of silent praying. I'd be a nervous wreck!

@petelarsson6826

Жыл бұрын

I would never go onboard.

@zaram131

6 ай бұрын

Same… I would be crying and praying.

@zionneal1088

6 ай бұрын

Same

@knucklehoagies

3 ай бұрын

@@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.

@aerissliney633

2 ай бұрын

@@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????

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!

@hibbahqaiser5740

Жыл бұрын

How do u deal with turbulence and landing takeoff during thunderstorms

@totalmerica6397

Жыл бұрын

@@hibbahqaiser5740 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.

Incrível essa decolagem e parabéns pela coragem de filmar tudo. Eu teria me despedido da vida antes de enfrentar essa supercélula tempestuosa.

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.

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

That's a cool lighting show on the plane.

You can bet I would have not gotten on this plane.

Lots of cool CG bolts

Thank Faraday's Cage !

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.

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

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.

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?

@jayasmrmore3687

Жыл бұрын

It probably was deemed safe to fly

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!

Good pilots. Nothing to worry about, they do this all the time.

Looks like a "Twilight Zone" sequel .

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.

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.

7:01 holy Lightning

That is torture to the passengers

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

@rogerdean5313

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@johnmoss8230

Жыл бұрын

767? Or 737?

@MrSnowmobiling

Жыл бұрын

Yep you aren't wrong, definetly saw a power flash at 4:26.

@johnmoss8230

Жыл бұрын

@@MillennialB1 thanks that's what I was thinking but wasn't 💯 percent sure

@jayasmrmore3687

Жыл бұрын

Your flight was probably the last to take off then and all later flights grounded

Very impressive

Would have been much more interesting if you had filmed the interior of the cabin.

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...

@andrewmyers9982

Жыл бұрын

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 🤣

The pilot Highly trained able for this weather

Just a bit of rain and lightning. Nothing to worry about

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 dont know why im watching at these videos when I am flying Monday 12 ... I am sick lol

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

Did you guys see the monster on the wing? Really good footage! 👍 Some flights can be downright unnerving.

@sarahlynn7894

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha I got it! The twilight zone movie. I always look at the wings now because of that movie! 😆

@nickthelick

Жыл бұрын

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! 🤔😁😬 ✌🏼😄👍🏼

@rdhenry5744

7 ай бұрын

That wasn't a monster, that was my bitch of a stepmother.

Pilots to everything they possibly can to avoid thunderstorms

I think you were very brave poppet😊

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/

@jamesstreet228

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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?

I know it looks scary but man I’ll tell ya she was lookin good through that soup!

I don't like flying or thunderstorms, I would have been so stressed out 😩😢

Great Capture! can i use this as part of my Video? you will be credited in the description and video!

Oh, you poor summer child. You haven't logged enough airtime if you think this is bad.

So something else to see is pilots communicate with other ones so sometimes they will get advise as far as changing the course just a little to make the flight smoother

L.E.D. Wingtip anti-collision light!

It's not a horrible life changing thunderstorm flight without the constant turbulence, the constant air pockets, the screaming passengers, and the pilot on the intercom asking the passengers to pray.😅😅😅

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

@blastyfs2

Жыл бұрын

@@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'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!!!!

This is really scary + danger & most risky moment this airplane ✈🛩 fly in the sky through the thunder of lightening clouds 🌩⛈⚡at the night time

That's crazy

DFW? Nuff said. I hate flying out of there.

You took and almost immediately entered into clouds those must be some low clouds,

@Chlrintruc

12 күн бұрын

Lmao deadass I wrote this 2yrs ago ? Its storm what else you expecting fool ? Starry skies. Dumbass I was lmao

That would be a little scary for sure, but I guess they do it all the time.

Se escuchan los truenos desde el avión o no

American A321 out of Nashville?

Those first 4 and half minutes those passengers were hoping the pilot would come on to say they were going back to the gate. Nope!

That's scary

I fly a lot and even I would need a diaper change after a flight like this one.

hi was the plain you was flying on a 737-800

There was no tornado, just some flying near thunderstorms. That was not even bad.

If you can’t hear the thunder in the cabin, it isn’t a bad storm…..

😂😂 I have flown through worst storms. Other than te lightening, it seem like a routine flight

Arriesgado ese piloto 😮

Was it bumpy?

The video doesn't pick up the thunder sounds?

@paulmoore394

2 ай бұрын

You wont be able to hear it over the engines.

The pilot should have waited until clear unless cell was very small.

Onboard weather radar on aircraft are more advanced than ever before. Pilots know where they can fly and where they can't fly.

You were in the clouds, not a thunderstorm. The storm looked a good 40 miles distant.

Well, that is one airline I will definitely not be flying with! Money over safety?

He is blurred out and has a flashlight I think

Boring. After watching over five minutes of boring taxiing on the runway, we see a smooth flight with some lighting in nearby clouds. Very smooth. NO turbulence, no people screaming in fear.

IF that is the worst for you then you havent seen many bad storms lol

0:01 Neo Mickey mouse: by close the very well good... *Cristiana and mauricio The Slime Royals and Diego the shadow mimic and meta and lix the rez and spaz and Álvaro the alien with skateboard and Daniel the tiny deerclops gets scared by the lightning strikes before see the Window of airplane* Neo Mickey mouse: oh My god 😰😰😨😨😱😱