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specifically prepare their flight paths to go above or around storms. still, flight 8501 s disappearance is being compared to the air france disaster after a severe storm. and an air algerie flight that crashed this summer while trying to avoid bad weather. no one survived either crash. but planes are designed to withstand elements like lightning strikes estimated to hit airliners once a year. today s planes are ruggedly built, pushed to the limit where engineers built the 777 wing an estimated 23 feet before they could make it snap. and planes that can fly eight miles a minute have live radar that can track storms hundreds of miles ahead, giving pilots time to plan a detour. in the very rare case where someone does enter a thunderstorm, the biggest issue is hail because of the damage that it can cause to the leading edges of the wing the windshield and to the engines.

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