Airplanes and Weather
Airplanes and Weather When you look at all the hazards that come with weather in aviation, there is one that sticks out as top dog. Thunderstorms have probably the most significant impact on aviation and are possibly one of the pilots' scariest situations to encounter. The Flight Service Stations, Air Route Traffic Control Center, and Enroute Radar Services do a good job warning the pilot about a storm ahead of time. The pilots can also tune into services like the Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS) to constantly repeat storm warnings (PHAK, 2016). These broadcasts are continuously updated to give the pilots the most current information (PHAK, 2016). When evaluating the accidents that happened with thunderstorms, aviators did not always recognize the dangers, and some evasive actions were not done, leading to accidents (E.A.I., n.d.). The reason thunderstorms are so dangerous to the aviation community is the unpredictability of situations that ...