Are Planes taking off in Thunderstorms normal?

http://www.thenewstribune.com/886/story/55281.html

Aircraft normally wait for thunderstorms to pass before taking off. No
aircraft is safe in a thunderstorm.

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On May 5, 5:10 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Aircraft normally wait for thunderstorms to pass before taking off. No
aircraft is safe in a thunderstorm.

So most likely the Kenya Airways flight didn't follow procedure or
receive clearance?

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Aircraft normally wait for thunderstorms to pass before taking off. No
aircraft is safe in a thunderstorm.

So you'll now produce some evidence of aircraft being knocked out of the sky
by thunderstorms.

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William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

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Reading the story says "there were thunderstorms", and it says they took off
"during a storm". It doesn't say they took off during a thunderstorm.

It crashed 90 miles from the airport. That doesn't sound like a problem
during takeoff to me.

"William Black" wrote:

So you'll now produce some evidence of aircraft being knocked out of the sky
by thunderstorms.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...ays_Flight_242

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"William Black" wrote:

So you'll now produce some evidence of aircraft being knocked out of the
sky by thunderstorms.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souther...ays_Flight_242
It says heavy rain knocked that one down.

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

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http://www.thenewstribune.com/886/story/55281.html


Yes, perfectly normal. Happens all the time. More fun than a roller
coaster at Disney!

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It had waited an hour because of the rain, and so one would think that the
severe part of the thunderstorm had moved out of the flight path.

So under those qualifications, yes, they take off and land with
thunderstorms in the area, all of the time.

Take a look at this page, and scroll down to the file called "FedEx
Diversions" to see how planes will zoom in close to and around
thunderstorms.
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Jim in NC

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On May 5, 5:10 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Aircraft normally wait for thunderstorms to pass before taking off. No
aircraft is safe in a thunderstorm.

So most likely the Kenya Airways flight didn't follow procedure or
receive clearance?

Don't pay attention to anything the guy you responded to (above) says about
aviation.

He is a troll, has clinically classifiable psychoses (several, probably) and
is not a pilot of anything other than Microsoft Flight Simulator. He is
wrong on the order of 99 times out of 100. That may be generous.
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Jim in NC