Why are cumulonimbus clouds dangerous?

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[@lucabetti9773]

When i was around 10 or 12 years old, we were flying from Rome to Caracas over the Atlantic, we dropped height twice due to airgaps, the first time was 1000ft drop and the second one was about 600ft drop. Years later casually playing wow with friends i talked about that experience with a pilot in my guild and he told me he also was on that flight as second officer, what are the odds... Basically a Cumulonimbus was forming and the Captain gambled to fly over it instead of modifying our route, and an airgap threw us down for a 1000ft (ive always thought they were 1000 mt but i really had no clue about metric sistems and i dont want to exagerate something thats already terrifing with the smaller mesure). The funny thing was that a lot of people got injured in the back of the plane due to luggage flying from the closed baggage doors wich split open, so the crew was in a hurry to arrive at destination... soooo a couple hours later we encounter the formation of a second cumulunimbus and the captain decided to gamble again, what are the odds that it will happen again right? we dropped another 600ft (as before, i remember mts but hey), long story short, we were welcomed to an airport filled with ambulances and medics, luckily we were not in the tail of the plane where the big dmg ocurred. It was cool all those years later learn from first hand experience all about that ''adventure'' and about cumulunimbus and how clueless we passengers are on what is really going on... p.s. the captain was fired on the spot after this encounter

[@myobiaku]

Thx for sharing

[@Wonderingcrowbird]

Awesome post! Thanks

[@matthewwhitmore6800]

Cirrusly good advice!

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Ha! Too easy :)

[@petersumarsonodds2736]

Good video it just happend

[@Valsala-qz1ec]

Why are cumulonimbus cloud dangerous

[@BladeOfDespairr]

So in short, flying through a cumulonimbus is like entering hell

[@amurphy5737]

@SiddiqGamesYT no flying into its eye is not as bad

[@KoId.]

@SiddiqGamesYT a hurricane is cumulonimbus clouds rotating

[@Valsala-qz1ec]

This cloud is dangerous thunderstorm

[@IvanIvanov-ve6ti]

I'm delighted by the professionalism and the interesting way in which you described those type of clouds - CBs. You've just earned a new subscriber. Keep it up! :)

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Thanks for saying so! Always appreciated.

[@jaimibingley6056]

Wow! I didn't know flying through my favourite clouds can pose risks except for small aircraft and of course being struck by lightning and the severe turbulence within them. Cumulonimbus has been and always be my favourite cloud type. ✈☁🌩⛈

[@PureGlide]

If you're in a fibreglass aircraft, like my glider, or carbon fibre, it's well worth avoiding lighting. It tends to make composites explode a bit :)

[@AirplaneAcademy]

!!!!!

[@Rikegile]

Reminds me of the movie “Up”

[@lyagami4994]

Is it in the ending

[@ItsKobalt]

No it’s in the middle part of the movie. I don’t wanna spoil too much.

[@zelphplayz]

Same as Adventures Of Tintin idk if that is the same cloud but they look similar

[@mikelpg1542]

Nice video, congratulations from Spain

[@AirplaneAcademy]

thank you, glad you enjoyed it! Stay out of the CB. :) -charlie

[@rob.ale90]

Hello, i really appreciate the video. Can you please also create a video with 6 reasons why you should fly in cumulonimbus?

[@zzjinxme6473]

this is what i learned in science class and we watch a video of a guy going through a Cumulonimbus cloud and that guy luckly survived and he said ´´the hail was a size of a golf ball!´´

[@pritamguha5673]

You are making videos nicely. Our great exhibition will be started soonly. So that's video will be helped to me. Thank you very much

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Thanks and glad to hear that it was helpful! Fly safe

[@Yah-Izoa-Hakaboth]

Are you a meteorologist? You definitely know a lot about weather!

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Nope but it fascinates me and applies a lot to aviation so I try to learn as much as I can. It can get complicated quickly!

[@Karuiko]

I swear about every pilot, especially IFR rated ones, should be able to just be considered for a Meteorology minor with just the information we're already taught.

[@varunmylavarapu6281]

@@Karuiko From what I understand, you’re saying there are places where pilots needn’t write a meteorology exam? I’m a ground student in India, and one of our main subjects (common to people training in India or abroad) is meteorology.

[@Karuiko]

​@@varunmylavarapu6281 A Meteorology Minor basically means you studied it in college/university but didn't focus on it as your primary degree. Which is basically the same case for most pilots, who also need to know about meteorology.

[@varunmylavarapu6281]

@@Karuiko Thanks for the information!

[@paytonsamuels2594]

I know when I see Cumulonimbus clouds, I know something bad and scary is about to happen

[@Yourlocalhumbug]

I live in Hawaii,I’ve never really experienced Cumulonimbus clouds but I’ve seen clouds with the same bumps but they never had that anvil shape,and they were still tall.

[@nicholasgakuu5223]

In my country when we see then we know heavy rains are comming they cause floods every year

[@Bloxer]

It was probably still a cumulonimbus, many different hybrid forms exist of it.

[@aidenaviation]

During the summer i usually go to Florida with my family and quite a lot of the time I see these clouds on landing and I have no idea why it’s always there

[@pratika9441]

Very well experienced man!!

[@lakeseminole]

What about other typical clouds in the atmosphere? Is it ok to fly through them? Is it smooth?

[@heroknaderi]

Very amazing information ℹ️ I enjoyed it 🤩😎

[@AirplaneAcademy]

So glad!

[@karinacamargo4889]

Kobe 😞

[@AirplaneAcademy]

:(

[@KoId.]

Has nothing to do with him but still sad

[@SabrinaBraden-n7n]

Another good point about weather is, weather radar can have a 5 Minute and more update delay time, so what your current screen shows may not be dependable.

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Very correct.

[@SabrinaBraden-n7n]

@@AirplaneAcademy i use to fly with my dad in his 1947 Navion, we always avoided the weather like a plague, i learn about the weather radar issue here, kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmTYp36Nf7hlpdU you should check out their channel, good information.

[@AirplaneAcademy]

@@SabrinaBraden-n7n Awesome memories those must be.

[@seth10261]

I learned this the hard way. Lesson learned.

[@jimdulin2146]

Great video,I just described

[@AirplaneAcademy]

thanks for the sub!

[@madhampavan4459]

Clean explanation

[@n310ea]

I would never fly through cumulonimbus clouds unless I was flying a WP-3D Orion.

[@gingersam851]

A clam, clear explanation that even a 5-yo can understand.

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Thanks so much!

[@Ammmericanpie]

So is flying safe despite these clouds?

[@onthemoney7237]

Thanks good info gliders use small ones for lift I believe 👍 more vids on weather please

[@jacobchai6481]

0:32 "learning what not to fly into" Yeah don't fly into anything. Some clouds are bad, buildings are worse. Yeah just dont fly into anything. No point.

[@darlawrence9295]

Wow! Who knew that Mr. Fluffy was such a mean guy!?!?! From now on I'm referring to these clouds as Death Cotton!!

[@kulanch4690]

A lot of info i got today tanx

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Thanks and glad it helped!

[@agnesd.h.1060]

wow. thank you

[@Mikhael_bureau]

Hey this is Eric from Blindwave!

[@luismiguelgersaniba4769]

Everything in this video is true Cumulonimbus clouds can be very large and can be appearing like a mountain

[@vr9690]

Is it possible this is what happened to some missing airplane?

[@DragonsFan.]

Yeah but there look so cool.

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Agreed. Just not when you're in them :)

[@DragonsFan.]

I like to fly there

[@kulanch4690]

I l0ve to be a cloumbus clouds

[@Dorox97]

See Cumulonimbus!

[@christianeddins2904]

Nice video good to know!

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@carlosquiroz7819]

How do you see them at night?

[@Over50andLearningToFly]

Awesome!

[@MRGlowVideos]

When I get closer to the ground in commercial airlines in tropical areas I feel like the pilots fly through them all the time. Is that dangerous

[@erikmorozov1740]

In rain clouds air planes can flying and snow clouds

[@riaracing4024]

Due to incident track in FP1 and FP2 has susspended

[@alyssahanwell5129]

You are fabulous I see those clouds I run and hide I hate storms. Question how do scientists collect their data on storms with out flying into the storms?

[@MrsSking123]

"I stayed up all night blowing up balloons for what?"

[@danielwilliam-calix3259]

In other words, it will F*** your plane UP

[@fobypawz418]

I don't know what it is that i find so attractive about these types of CB clouds, but I have always dream about soaring around such clouds! What aircraft and pilot qualifications would I need to enjoy such beautiful clouds? I want to be able to fly around them, above them and through them but still be safe and legal!

[@jeckert547]

Based on the video, it doesn’t seem like there is any aircraft that is safe to fly through a cumulonimbus cloud. Unless there’s some tank plane that is hail proof! I’m sure you can fly past them though. Flying above would need to be super high altitude.

[@fobypawz418]

@@jeckert547 I just found out by some air force pilot that fighter jets can go through them with no problem whatsoever! If only I had a fighter jet!

[@bjjjjjjjjhggggg]

@@fobypawz418 you can buy them for only 350000+ i’ve heard

[@fobypawz418]

@@bjjjjjjjjhggggg 😲

[@stillchill6984]

@@fobypawz418 brother no aircraft can go through a CB without having its wings torn off and control surfaces freezing over, especially not a small fighter jet that’s going Mach 1, that’s like hitting a wall.

[@unity3596]

I would fly into them

[@jasminestephenson3323]

wow

[@vr9690]

Can’t imagine when the airplane was invented. Those trial and error how did they know that these things can be dangerous

[@FIREINTHEHOLE12341]

Bad storm

[@abokado7035]

Wow your the best airplane academy you have many beautiful Airplanes thanks now i know why you arent supposed to fly in supercells

[@AirplaneAcademy]

Thanks! 😃

[@adarshjamwal3448]

Interesting

[@riaracing4024]

Race in F1 season due to weather conditions this race will stop the race

[@muckeyduck3472]

Who the heck are you talking to when you show side view. I hate that when someone that is talking to me as the viewer does that look off angle.

[@fdku4006]

Does this apply to flying a dragon?

[@filipflyer7554]

My plane flew into one accidentally

[@onthemoney7237]

Please tell the story 👍

[@filipflyer7554]

I was fling to poland and there was lots of these culumbus clouds so autopilot was steering and we flew into massive one and the plane shock so hard I almost chocked on my gum and there was screaming

[@muhammedhasiya1482]

can you fly to a cumuionimbus cloud one day.

[@stillchill6984]

If you want to get struck by hail and have your wings ripped off, yes

[@po5484]

Example of cumulonimbus here : kzbin.info_X8aG6p1Z-0?feature=share

[@janice17387]

Rip the dislikes he or she is alone

[@janice17387]

Its disliker sorry

[@bc1173]

weird i didnt know phil kessel was a pilot

[@AirplaneAcademy]

who knew!

[@vidyakumar14]

what the hell plabe was shakinh

[@Capitulum11]

Do it now! Fly into it pxssy! Leeeeeeeroy Jenkinssssssssssssss!

[@alexrobloxyt21]

If you fly Culuimbus Inside Thunderstorm Can Kill you⛈️

[@Philip-du9uc]

because big scary lightning clouds is big scary storm to thunder and wind and big scary lightning clouds is big no no for planes,

[@Jira308]

OFCOURSE NOT A MICROBURST THEY CAN DESTROY A PLANE WITH ITS UPDRAFTB AND DOWN DRAFT

[@lunokhodtheprotogen2193]

1. wind 2. wind 3. wind

[@stillchill6984]

-hail -aircraft icing