Watch: Flight to Hurricane Ian worst I've ever been on, says US Hurricane Hunter
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The extremely turbulent two minutes and 20 seconds on the flight is enough to fathom the impact of Hurricane Ian that plowed over the US.
A hurricane Hunter who flew into Hurricane Ian early Wednesday morning called it the worst flight of his six-year career. Nick Underwood has been hunting hurricanes and supporting science missions aboard the US’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s aircraft for the last six years.
When I say this was the roughest flight of my career so far, I mean it. I have never seen the bunks come out like that. There was coffee everywhere. I have never felt such lateral motion.Aboard Kermit (#NOAA42) this morning into Hurricane #Ian. Please stay safe out there. https://t.co/DQwqBwAE6v pic.twitter.com/gvV7WUJ6aS
“I have flown storms for the last six years. This flight to Hurricane Ian on Kermit was the worst I’ve ever been on. I’ve never seen so much lightning in an eye. This was the eye. You can see the curvature. Understand this is at NIGHT. The light is from LIGHTNING,” Underwood, who flew with a crew into Hurricane Ian, posted on Twitter.
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“Absolutely wild. All of this in the eye, in which we circled for some time to deploy the UAS (uncrewed aerial system). A high end Cat 4 storm. Nearly Cat 5. All of this at 8,000 feet above the ocean. I’m glad we only did one pass,” the next tweet on the thread read.
Underwood also posted a short video from inside the flight, which had “coffee everywhere”.
The extremely turbulent two minutes and 20 seconds on the flight is enough to fathom the impact of the hurricane that plowed over the US.
