CRJ turbulence damage in MEM
06-12-2009, 06:23 AM
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06-14-2009, 06:50 AM
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Maybe you should rethink that thought. IF two pilots INTENTIONALLY flew into a cell that caused structural damage, they might need to reevaluate their career decisions. IF they did intentionally fly into it, then maybe they should have their career decisions made for them, since they obviously would not be capable of making the correct on themselves. It would have made an additional news story had my family or myself be on that airplane.
06-14-2009, 11:41 AM
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No radar will paint a building thunderstorm unless there is some form of precip coming out somewhere in it. The precip is what gives the radar returns. This appears to have been part of the Air France issue. They flew in between to large cells among a line of severe weather. It looks as if there was no precip in that immediate area in front of them, but that is where the worst updrafts would have been.
06-14-2009, 01:46 PM
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Commonly you'll recieve the same charge as the area around you, but occasionally, you'll transit to another area that has an opposite charge and generate the discharge before the two oppositely charged areas do it by themselves.
Lightning can be frequently found well outside areas of moderate of heavy precip when in TRW environments.
06-14-2009, 02:12 PM
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You don't have to be in a thunderstorm to get hit by lightning. A lot of precipitation that paints green contains enough static to create a discharge if your aircraft happens to be oppositly charged, especially at or above the freezing level. Frequently "p-static" can be heard over the radios in this situation.
Commonly you'll recieve the same charge as the area around you, but occasionally, you'll transit to another area that has an opposite charge and generate the discharge before the two oppositely charged areas do it by themselves.
Lightning can be frequently found well outside areas of moderate of heavy precip when in TRW environments.
Commonly you'll recieve the same charge as the area around you, but occasionally, you'll transit to another area that has an opposite charge and generate the discharge before the two oppositely charged areas do it by themselves.
Lightning can be frequently found well outside areas of moderate of heavy precip when in TRW environments.
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