Air France 447 crash
The article below has some fascinating (and hair-raising) info about the aerodynamic reality of a commerial airliner flying at "normal cruising altitude". Reaffirms how amazing it is that so few planes fall out of the sky.
http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/200...mesoscale-maw/
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