Falling down this rabbit hole, I found a meteorologist's blog describing a flight through Hurricane Hugo, where the aircraft experienced as much as 5g! A 90-kilogram life raft was torn from its moorings and slammed into the ceiling, leaving a dent. #HurricaneHugo #FlightExperience #ExtremeTurbulence #AviationSafety
Falling down this rabbit hole, I found a meteorologist's blog that describes in detail and with photos a flight through Hurricane Hugo [https://tailspinstales.blogspot.com/2011/05/hunting-hugo.html], where the aircraft experienced a staggering 5g. Then a 90-kilogram life raft was torn from its fastenings [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-95ZIIyDWt4] and slammed into the ceiling with such force that it left a dent on a steel handrail. #HurricaneHugo #ExtremeGForce #AviationSafety #MeteorologyBlog #LifeRaftIncident #FlightExperiences
• Hunting Hugo

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