Hurricane Irma: This Delta flight flew right into the stormthen had minutes to escape
Source: SacBee
Hurricane Irma was spinning toward Puerto Rico today, but that didnt stop one Delta flight from making a daring landing on the island mid-afternoonand then trying to get out before the storm made landfall.
Riveted Twitter users followed along in real time by looking at radar depictions of the planes flight bath, as Delta Flight 431 left New York City and headed south toward San Juan, Puerto Rico.
DL431 is going for it, wrote Jason Rabinowitz, a Twitter user and self-described aviation geek who spotted the plane headed straight toward the menacing storm.
Meanwhile, the island braced itself for landfall of the Category 5 storm, whose 180 mile per hour winds, torrential rains and punishing storm surge prompted Puerto Ricos governor to declare a preemptive state of emergency earlier this week. Irma has already set records, too, becoming the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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