Thunderstorms pose various dangers to flight. A few of these dangers are further explored below.

Downdrafts from thunderstorms pose a particular hazard on take-off and landing. Here's more information on the danger.

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An American Airlines passenger jet encountered severe turbulence while flying from Seattle WA to New York City on 10 July, injuring 22 of the passengers and forcing the Boeing 757 jet to make an unscheduled landing in Denver CO. According to the pilot report, the event occurred 35 miles southeast of Dickinson ND (airport identifier DIK), around 21:52 UT at an altitude of 37,000 feet. Here some more information on that case.

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An Air France Airbus A340 experienced an accident while landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport (station identifier CYYZ) around 20:03 UTC (4:03 PM Eastern time) on 02 August 2005, while the airport was under a "Red Alert" due to strong thunderstorms in the vicinity of the airport. Here more information.

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