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On August 31, 1940, Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19, a new Douglas DC-3A, was flying from Washington, D.C. to Detroit with a stopover in Pittsburgh. While the aircraft was flying near Lovettsville, Virginia at 6,000 feet (1,800 m) and approaching the West Virginia border, Trip 19 encountered an intense thunderstorm.
Flight 19 was the designation of a group of five General Motors TBF Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945, after losing contact during a United States Navy overwater navigation training flight from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
No.1 engine broke off due to faulty maintenance procedure; slats retracted, leading the plane to stall and crash 1981-06-02 NLM CityHopper Flight 431: Netherlands: Moerdijk: Fokker F28 Fellowship: Severe weather 17 Starboard wing detached from airframe due to loads exceeding design limits after the aircraft entered a tornado. 1982-03-11 ...
A storm system spawned more than 11 tornadoes across the Chicago metro area on Wednesday evening, which prompted hundreds of passengers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to seek shelter.
Multiple storm chasers in the area confirmed that there was a tornado on the ground with the storm tracking almost directly over the town of Edwards around 12:10 p.m. CST.
The flight lost control due to severe turbulence and a downdraft caused by a thunderstorm. January 21, 1943 19 0 0 Pan Am Flight 1104: near Ukiah: California: Martin M-130: The flight became off-course in poor weather at night and struck a mountain. October 23, 1942 12 0 2 American Airlines Flight 28: Chino Canyon near Palm Springs: California
On June 21, 2023, 37 tornadoes touched down in Colorado, setting a new state record for a single day. AccuWeather Meteorologist Tony Laubach had a front-row seat to one of his best storm chases ever.
The tornado outbreak of April 17–19, 2019 was a multi-day, widespread severe weather event stretching from the South-Central United States to the East Coast of the United States. On the heels of a significant tornado outbreak just a few days prior , another potent upper-level trough progressed eastward and served as the impetus for widespread ...