Delta flight races against Irma, becomes Twitter hero

[avebury]

http://www.distractify.com/trending/2017/09/08/28HtQ6/delta-irma-race?utm_content=inf_10_53_2&tse_id=INF_aa2f51e0951111e7aba2ffcf7683ccd7


Two other planes turned back but Delta pushed on into San Juan.

They plane was able to land, taxi in, fuel up, get checked for another flight, board passengers, and get back in the air in 52 minutes. Holy. Moly.

But it wasn't all rainbows and butterflies from there: The pilots still had to wade through the parts of the storm that were calm - they found the one pocket of quiet and rode that until they were out of harm's way.

[Fla Dem]

1. Heroes!

[G_j]

2. amazing

[maddiemom]

7. I was thinking that with all the cruises canceled...

many of the passengers would probably have to find flights home or to a safer place, adding to the problem.

[WhiteTara]

3. That was real team work.

They had that down to a fine science.

[longship]

4. Science wins!

When I bank on things, I bank on science. It fucking works... generally.

[George II]

5. About 10 years ago I was in Dallas waiting for a night flight home.

The incoming flight was delayed due to heavy thunderstorms in the area. They cleared up around 11 PM, and the flight arrived at 11:35. The gate attendant told us that if we didn't have the door closed by midnight we'd have to stay overnight.

They cleared that plane, checked things out, and we all got on (pretty full 757) and pushed back at 11:59! The funny thing was as everyone settled in a couple of minutes before midnight, of course some self-absorbed idiot businessman got up to get something out of his overhead luggage. EVERYONE screamed at him and told him to sit the f- down. It was hysterical.

[Pluvious]

6. Great story, thanks for sharing :)

[cwydro]

8. Heard an interview with a passenger.

Sounded hair-raising.