So Delta flight 302 flew in to San Juan, picked up passengers, and threaded one arm of Irma on the way out. The pilot basically said “hold my beer” and took on a hurricane.
I am not entirely convinced that Poe Dameron was not flying this plane, to be honest.
You can read the Twitter thread here.
Everything about that story was amazing. Delta probably set a record for the turnaround too.
“And if the passengers would look out of the starboard window, they will see A MOTHERFUCKING HURRICANE. ALSO A HURRICANE TO PORT AS WELL.”
My dude landed and took off in less than an hour and squeezed between the arm of the hurricane and the core:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/07/delta-flight-races-path-hurricane-irma-making-quick-escape-puerto/
the article has a short video of it preparing to take off
