• March 29, 2024

[VIDEO] Plane Flies Through Eye of Hurricane Matthew

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Captain Tim Gallagher, a pilot for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, flew a plane through Hurricane Matthew and directly into the eye of the storm.  Interestingly, the crew hit a ton of turbulence until they reached the eye, where it was smooth flying.

 

From The Mail Online:

Hurricane Matthew was carrying extremely dangerous winds of 120 mph (195 kph) after pounding the northwestern part of the Bahamas en route to Florida’s Atlantic coast earlier, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Matthew’s winds had dropped on Thursday night and into Friday morning, downgrading it to a Category 3 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity, where it could either plow inland or tear along the Atlantic coast through Friday night, the Miami-based center said.

Few storms with winds as powerful as Matthew’s have struck Florida, and the NHC warned of ‘potentially disastrous impacts.’

The U.S. National Weather Service said the storm could be the most powerful to strike northeast Florida in 118 years.