Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
No other choices at 35K feet? I would think at that flight level and speed, the pilots wouldn't want to go into even a "mild" rainstorm. Must have been a wall of clouds in front of them?
Our local meteorologist shared radar images on Twitter that showed a line of red/orange thunderstorms with a small gap of green which is where the pilot tried to go. So yes, it was a pure wall of storms.