The pilot flew straight into the eyes of super typhoon 300km / h to retrieve data

An aeronautical engineer recorded the moment he flew straight into the super typhoon Irma, the level 5 storm had winds of more than 300km / h in the United States.

Nick Underwood shared a video of the plane shaking and wobbling wildly as he battled the storms of storms on September 5. Data collected by Underwood will be used to build Irma and other storm predictions, according to the Miami Herald.

Nick Underwood's plane swayed before the storm.(Video: Twitter).

Underwood's job is to sit at the end of the plane, deploying devices that carry a free-fall detector (dropsonde). When the detector is swept away by storms and thrown around, they help determine the shape and movement of the storm, allowing experts to model predictions. When the data went back, Underwood checked to ensure reliability, then transmitted to the plane and transferred to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Underwood (left photo) is not afraid even though the devices in the aircraft are constantly shaking.(Photo: Twitter).

For Underwood, the job requires him to remain calm while the aircraft approaches one of the greatest power sources on Earth. But he shared that he did not feel scared. In contrast, Underwood was very excited and he often played a tune while working.

"We flew along and entered the hurricane circulation (where the plane was shaking the most. Imagine I was in a somersault plane in a big storm. I loved this job," Underwood said.

The path of Hurricane Irma from 2 to 5 September.(Video: NASA).

On the evening of September 5, Hurricane Irma, level 5, moved west of the Atlantic with maximum winds of nearly 300 km / h, about 135 km east of Antigua and Barbuda, the NHC said. A storm is classified as the highest level 5, the highest level in the US, if the wind is about 250km / h. NHC rated Irma as the most powerful storm on the Atlantic , areas outside the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.

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