Tag: Hurricane Hunter Near Disaster
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On This Day In 1989, 16 Hurricane Hunters Entered Category 5 Hugo’s Eyewall-Then an Engine Caught Fire as Violent Winds Nearly Sent Their Aircraft Into the Atlantic
On September 15, 1989, NOAA’s Lockheed WP-3D Orion, N42RF “Kermit,” entered Hurricane Hugo near Barbados on a mission that almost ended in disaster. All 16 people aboard survived, but the aircraft was severely damaged and the crew came within moments of losing control over the Atlantic. Kermit had been deployed to Barbados for the Hurricane…
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