Hey guys, today I went from Riyadh to Jeddah on a B777. The weather was ok as you can see here.
10 minutes after I have boarded Cumulus clouds with a sandstorm surrounds the Capital Riyadh from ground level to FL200 stopped flights for Riyadh airport for a duration of half an hour a little bit ago. (This was today at 1400Z)
(Source @aviationwg on twitter)
This is how the weather was after we pushedback
And this is how it looks above all of the cumulus clouds and the sandstorm
It was a bumpy climb.
(Video credit: @aviationwg on twitter)
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Louis
April 9, 2017, 11:52am
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Nasty doesn’t look good at all. Glad you made into the sky without incident
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George
April 9, 2017, 11:54am
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Cumulus clouds are really scary imho and worsen by the sandstorm.
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Lmao I believe I am only person who has experience flying from sandy day in Middle East immediately to rains in India.
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Is it possible that sand can shut down an engine?
Ive flown into doha on transition to Germany and a sandstorm just barely passed. The approach was full of clanking sound xD plane still flies.
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Pilot8
April 9, 2017, 1:46pm
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Nope, I also have done the same.
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But I am sure I have been doing it since 2005.
Pilot8
April 9, 2017, 1:47pm
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What?
I never said you haven’t done it… I am saying I also have done it.
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Ok no offense just saying that have done it more frequently annually than others.
Pilot8
April 9, 2017, 1:49pm
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Doubt that more than me, but okay.
PM me to continue.
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system
July 8, 2017, 2:00pm
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