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[capeverde2008]

p51guy reply from capeverde2008

Quote - "NO COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT SHOULD GO WITHIN 100nm LATERALLY of CB - ICTZ (Tropical Cumulo-Nimbus clouds) activity.....for any reason...FULL STOP. NEVER, EVER, don't even think about it.... or trying to overfly it. That is from MANY years experience and many grey hairs of wisdom!!"

"I guess you never fly through Texas with thunderstorms as big then. You would have to deviate over Oklahoma with those parameters." p51guy quote

Yes, T-storms big enough to power Africa for a few days!
Yes, deviate over Oklahoma, whole of Central Africa if necessary! Fuel divertion, turn back....it really is 'lives' at stake. Plan well, be cautious and arrive alive....

Rgds, capeverde2008