Oh, for the Love of, uh, "the deity of your choice"...if the thing was working properly and wasn't out of gas, they screwed the pooch. "The rain destroyed the lift!" I'd laugh if it didn't make me want to cry. How do you reckon millions of flights land in the dreaded RAIN every day? The largesse of Jupiter? I've flown through storms I'd have drowned in without the windshield, and the wings never magically stopped flying. No doubt the Feds will come out with an exhortation to avoid all rain in the future. Lulz.