Though it’s not clear why anyone would want to fly into Hurricane Irma’s path, one plane did so on Wednesday.
Hundreds of flights were cancelled due to the storm, but the crew for Delta flight 431 decided they were up for the challenge.
The plane flew directly from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and then quickly turned around and came back.
Delta flight 431 had a scheduled flight from New York to San Juan, which was scheduled to leave at 8.05am, and managed to leave just a few minutes late and land seven minutes early
A photo shows Delta Flight 431 as it heads towards Puerto Rico, which looked to be covered in torrential clouds and rain. Though the plane flew directly into the storm, no one was hurt and the plane landed safely
Delta had a scheduled flight from New York to San Juan, which was scheduled to leave at 8.05am.
The flight ended up leaving just a few minutes after when it was meant to, and remarkable landed seven minutes earlier than scheduled.
Photos show the tricky path that the plane had to take to avoid the worst bits of turbulence.
In the flight path it’s clear that the pilots made a point to weave in between the outer bands of the storm to get to and from San Juan.
Though flight deplaning is a largely long and frustrating process, Delta said that in this case it was a walk in the park.
The crew on this plane was able to get all passengers to the gate, deplaned, boarded for a return flight, and then off the ground in just 51 minutes.
The plane was then able to get the flight deplaned, boarded, and back in the air in just 51 minutes so they could get everyone back to America quickly and safely
Jason Rabinowitz monitored the flight on Flightradar24 and tweeted updates about the entire journey.
As the Twitter user pointed out, it was most likely a quick turnaround once it was down on the ground so that the crew could get out of the way of the storm as quickly as possible.
The flight, Delta 303, was the last one out of the San Juan Airport on Wednesday. It landed in New York at 4.22pm, more than 30 minutes ear.y
The storm, which has been dubbed one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a decade, has ripped through much of the Caribbean on Wednesday.
It is currently a category five hurricane and is not expected to slow down for multiple days. Experts believe it will hit the mainland United States before the weekend.
So far Hurricane Irma has had winds that reach up to 185 miles per hour, and has caused serious chaos, wreckage and flooding from Barbuda to Puerto Rico.
More than 90 percent of Barbuda has been destroyed, and 95 percent of St Martin has been destroyed. At least four people have died so far.