Air France Jet Disappears on Flight From Brazil to Paris

[MTK]

Thunderstorm 50,000 feet high... insane.

Hopefully those poor people went quick.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Thunderstorm 50,000 feet high... insane.

Hopefully those poor people went quick.

I don't know if we have any aviation experts here, but if the thunderstorms have a "ceiling", in this case 50,000 feet, would it be possible to fly over the thundercloud?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I don't know if we have any aviation experts here, but if the thunderstorms have a "ceiling", in this case 50,000 feet, would it be possible to fly over the thundercloud?

I don't know that sounds really high. I don't think commercial airliners go above 45,000.

Even if they could have gone over it the article points out sometimes a storm forms around you and you're basically stuck.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Thunderstorm 50,000 feet high... insane.

Hopefully those poor people went quick.

I think that has to do with the close proximity to the equator. Weather is really screwy around there. My stepdad was an engineer and worked on lots of boats, mostly for NASA and the Navy regarding rocket/missle tracking. He crossed over the equator many times, and had some pretty interesting stories about how bizarre the conditions are around the equator.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Thunderstorm 50,000 feet high... insane.

Hopefully those poor people went quick.

Sad part is it sounds like the storm slowly distroyed the plane. Not to make lite of the situation but they probably bounced around that plane like ping pong balls in bingo machine.