Mxsmanic wrote:
Aircraft normally wait for thunderstorms to pass before taking off.
No aircraft is safe in a thunderstorm.

Yep. Our plane which was bound for Melbourne had to divert to sydney,
because there were t-storms in Melbourne. Very bloody annoying as it didn't
have enough petrol and so had to refuel (while we muttered on the plane) in
Sydney and then continue on to Melbourne.

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