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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: The Attic
Posts: 191 In '81 a Fokker F28 flying over Moerdijk in the Netherlands experienced severe turbulence after entering a thunderstorm, causing one of the wings to separate from the aircraft after it experienced loads of up to +6.8 G and -3,2 G
If I recall correctly, that F28 lost a wing when it encountered a tornado which was embedded in low cloud. These are sometimes called "Tornadic Tubes" and were also responsible for the in-flight destruction of a Braniff BAC One-Eleven that was seen by witnesses flying in the clear between two huge thunderstorms in USA. These tornadic tubes can occur between adjacent storms and will not be picked up by airborne weather radar.