If you're a nervous flier, give this one a miss.
As Hurricane Irma hurtles across the Caribbean, claiming the title of one of the strongest Atlantic storms in recorded history in the process, America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been flying its aircraft through the center of the Category 5 storm and recording some genuinely terrifying footage of severe turbulence as the plane passed through the wall of the storm's eye.
Video of a flight through the eye of #Irma on #NOAA42. Flights on both the WP-3D Orion and G-IV #NOAA49 continue. Credit Nick Underwood/NOAA pic.twitter.com/9ini4bOnYF
— NOAAHurricaneHunters (@NOAA_HurrHunter) September 5, 2017
Video from yesterday's flight in CAT 5 #Irma on #NOAA42. https://t.co/iofV4p56DE has the latest advisories. Credit Rob Mitchell/NOAA pic.twitter.com/IygcNgIbJN
— NOAAHurricaneHunters (@NOAA_HurrHunter) September 6, 2017
NOAAÂ also shared a video of their first approach on the storm on Monday which makes you ask why the hell they would go back?
Ride along with WP-3D Orion #NOAA42 for the first flight through #HurricaneIrma. Flights continue today. Credit LT Rob Mitchell/NOAA pic.twitter.com/7sjigdNiv7
— NOAAHurricaneHunters (@NOAA_HurrHunter) September 4, 2017