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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 10:25 am
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Originally Posted by rkkwan
A tropical storm can reach about 16,000m, or 50,000ft. Commerical airlines top out at about 41,000ft.
A fully-developped typhoon maybe, but even a tropical storm? Also, I suppose that's only for the very small region near the center, which FLTs can easily bypass, right?
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