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  • #1

    How bad was Colorado's blizzard?

    So bad that >13 airliner windshields broke on the tarmac

    And IMO anyone flying a Cessna anywhere near Colorado at the time should get a Darwin Award

    DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Airlines were investigating why windshields on at least 13 planes cracked at Denver International Airport as winds of up to 100 mph whipped through the foothills in Colorado.

    Meanwhile, at least three people in Iowa died Friday night when a Cessna twin-engine airplane crashed during a snow storm in a field southeast of the Council Bluffs airport, officials said.

    The names of the victims have not been released, and it's possible there is a fourth victim, said Tony Molinaro, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Chicago.

    According to the National Weather Service, a fast-moving winter storm was pushing through the area when the plane went down, bringing wind gusts of up to 53 mph, snow and poor visibility.

    Officials could not say what caused the crash and did not know if weather was a factor.
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    Airlines were investigating why windshields on at least 13 planes cracked at Denver International Airport as winds of up to 100 mph whipped through the foothills in Colorado.
    Stupid press can't get anything right.
    DIA is nowhere near the foothills. The foothills are WEST of Denver, DIA is far EAST of town, out on the plains =P
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    • #3
      it was pretty windy down here, but it didn't start snowing until like midnight last night. It was looking pretty messy for a while, but it will all likely melt off today or tomorrow.

      BTW - they picture they show is of Frisco, which is on the other side of Eisenhower Tunnel and is very much in the mountains.
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      • #4
        Yea, it was windy as all get out yesterday. I saw 2 rollovers on 285 in Aspen Park where people hit ice patches from the wind blowing existing snow across the road. But there was no 'blizzard'.
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        • #5
          Story Highlights• Airlines checking why windshields on at least 13 planes broke
          That's scary since these planes travel at speeds well over 500Mph, and a little strom cracked the windshields?
          That's unbelievable!!

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          • #6
            Ice/debris, I guess...

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            • #7
              perhaps, but still...planes fly through all kinds of cat 4 or 5 clouds which carry ice etc, these things should be bullet proof

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