Delta Airlines decided that Category 5 Hurricane Irma wasn’t quite bad enough to cancel Flight #431 from JFK to San Juan, Puerto Rico earlier today. Check it out via the flight-tracking app, FlightRadar24:
Where others have turned back, Delta #DL431 presses on. #Irma
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— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) September 6, 2017
Yikes!
https://twitter.com/johnburnsnc/status/905462834938519552
Her: Come over
Me: Can't, most powerful hurricane in recorded history
Her: But my parents are out
Me: #DL431 https://t.co/GSK77foy50
— BeatParry (@DreamlandDisco) September 6, 2017
I mean, hurricane reconnaissance missions began with a dare.. I guess this pilot decided to give it a shot w/ his Boeing. #yolo #DL431 pic.twitter.com/GGkjOWikVn
— Joel Young, CBM (@JoelYoungTV) September 6, 2017
No big deal, just winds gusting to 40 knots on final approach:
Passengers on #DL431 are in for wild approach to San Juan. Gusts 20kt now but 40+ earlier. Amazed they were cleared for this. Via @AReppert pic.twitter.com/nnO8N0uS37
— Dan DePodwin (@WxDepo) September 6, 2017
Success!
Aaaaaaaand… Landed! #DL431 #Irma https://t.co/XN6E2TcXUN pic.twitter.com/mrqQsaYpre
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) September 6, 2017
And for an encore, this pilot turned right around and headed for home:
Time to go. #DL431 headed back to New York as #DL302.
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— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) September 6, 2017
No problem!
Takeoff! An absolutely amazing job here by @Delta forecasters, dispatchers, flight and ground crews. Full flight back up to JFK.#Irma pic.twitter.com/sSulqA8g7t
— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) September 6, 2017
Just to put this feat into perspective, 20% of the island is without power right now:
NEW: 20% of energy subscribers in Puerto Rico, approx. 300,000 people, have lost power, governor says – @JoshuaHoyos https://t.co/0zYnislZ4M pic.twitter.com/VJdG5vWY95
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) September 6, 2017
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