Elinda wrote:
I would think commercial airliners would be flying well above sand-storms.
I think it depends in the flight. 110 passengers isn't a lot. Probably one of those smaller 3 seat or 4 seat row planes. I think the smaller flights fly lower. I know my flights around the US fly through rainstorms where you can see nothing but darks clouds and water out the windows. I'd imagine sandstorms reaching similar heights.
The one time I flew across the Atlantic it was pretty high though. Bigger plane. Longer flight. Higher flight.
Edit:
Here's a video of a sandstorm hitting a passenger plane.
http://video.xin.msn.com/watch/video/plane-flies-into-massive-sandstorm/1j8duoejc
Edited, Jul 24th 2014 7:40pm by TirithRR
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