Delta Flight Takes Off from Puerto Rico Airport During Hurricane Irma

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Delta Airlines expertly navigated Hurricane Irma conditions on September 6 in order to get one last flight out of Puerto Rico.

Flight Radar shows flight DL431 landed at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on September 6 at 12:00 pm after taking off from New York. Delta flight DL302 left San Juan bound for New York only 52 minutes later.

Jason Rabinowitz, an airline researcher with a verified Twitter account, tracked the plane leaving through a narrow but calm pathway between the core of Hurricane Irma and its outer band.

This video shows flight DL302 on the airport landing preparing for takeoff. Credit: Facebook/wladimircastro via Storyful