Originally Posted by
Photon
even though a tornado has some rather massive winds, and the possibility of really high altitude fast flying debris, wouldn't just the shear momentum of a 747 just make it go right trough it? Considering the speed of the 747 and the rather small horizontal expanse of a tornado
I doubt it. Look at what happens when you fly
anything through a thunderhead. It's bad for a C172 or a 744.