Originally Posted by ricktoronto
Well what happens if a meteorite hits you now anywhere anytime any weather? Wow, who knows, right? Better buy yourself a helmet.
I was hoping rather than pithy observations like imaginary engine problems, someone who has been in this situation with a hurricane in the vicinty, can offer some experience. To what I asked, that is.
Keep in mind at around 8 p.m. on Wednseday it looks like it will be over 350 miles north of SDQ and more than 700 miles east of FLL. there has to be a limit on just where you cannot go with those sorts of distances away.
It appears Canadian humor is a lot different than US humor. I don't believe Milesrus was being funny or sarcastic. I can't imagine an airline sending a multi-million dollar airliner anywhere near, much less over a hurricane (it would still be a multi-million dollar plane if converted to CA$).
My flights are often diverted
AROUND thunderstorms and a hurricane is a thunderstorm on steroids!
Milesrus is correct about the safety issue regarding an emergency landing or loss of altitude--inside a hurricane is not the place for a civilian airliner.
Your response was out of line. A meteor strike is an uncontrollable event--we don't know when or where a meteor will strike and they move so fast a jet would not be able to move out of the way. An airline can control the risks associated with an emergency landing by electing whether to have the jet fly in clear weather or to have the jet fly through 85 to 150 miles per hour winds.
I line in hurricane territory (Louisiana) and I don't want to be in my house during a hurricane, why would I want to be near one in a jet?