Hurricane Hugo
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Hurricane Hugo was a powerful tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread destruction across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern United States in September 1989. The eleventh tropical cyclo
Hugo making landfall on South Carolina early on September 22
Damaged beachfront property in South Carolina
Charleston was heavily impacted by Hugo
Wrecked mobile homes along the South Carolina coast
On September 15, 1989, a Lockheed WP-3D Orion operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experienced an engine fire and nearly crashed while flying through the eyewall of Hurrican
Hurricane Hugo
…Administration (NOAA) penetrated the eye of Hugo 76 times, documenting the location of the storm's center roughly once every two hours. However, NOAA 42 nearly crashed on its first flight after hitting severe turbulence in the eyewall and experiencing an engine fire during the mission. Hugo's winds tapered as it…
N42RF, the aircraft involved in the incident, seen in July 1989
The WP-3 Orion after its inner-most right-wing engine failed