Thunderstorm Takeoff! United Boeing 737-800 scary departure out of Chicago O'Hare 

Takeoff at 18:53

I came into Atlanta out of Frankfurt Germany on a Lufthansa DC-10 once in July and it was pure hell. They had to close the airport it was so bad. We circled for about 45 minutes and those were the longest 45 minutes of my life. We were rockin and rollin for sure. We dropped once and it felt like we hit something. I guess the wings lost lift and when they caught lift again was when it felt like we hit something. The nose was pitching up and down, we were going side to side, rolling right then wings level then left, then back, hail started to pound the plane and the noise was deafening. The lights went out briefly but the continuous lightning kept everything lit up. The clouds outside were as black as midnight. The engine's were spooling up then down as the pilots adjusted for what they needed. I had to catch a little carry-on bag I had in my lap that went airborne several times. The luggage in the compartment underneath us was hitting the floor under our feet. People were crying, screaming, praying and some seemed to be in shock and I'm pretty sure the next passengers had to put a plastic bag on some of the seats. Then finally we were on the ground. Holy God in Christ I have never been so glad to be on the dirt. I hope I, nor anyone else, ever has to go through that again.

I love the sound of those engines as they spool up for takeoff.

I know some people are scared of flying. But it really is safe in general.. As long as the pilots are experienced and the aircrafts are well maintained. In general you don't get a pilot's license out of nowhere. Sometimes you can, but not where I live. You have to prove you are able.

Looked like a smooth take off and flight to me, with storms and clouds in the area.

19:00 I don’t know what’s more therapeutic. Hearing jet engines spool up or hearing a boat with a V8 engine in the distance while fishing in the evening. I love my engines. Boats, personal watercraft, aircraft, cars, you name it.

Can't believe I sat through a 15-minute taxi for that.

Ah, the O'Hare airfield taxi tour. As a Chicagoan, I've endured it many times.

We took off from Philly on a cold, dark winter day. We were seated in the middle of a packed plane. We de-iced and sat for a while. We de-iced again and just as we took off it started snowing hard! I could see snowy white streaks whistling by my window as we lifted off. This huge Airbus seemed like it was struggling to gain altitude. We were getting tossed left, right, up and down. I told GOD if he could get me through this flight, I would never fly again. Just as I finished my prayer, we broke through the clouds to a beautiful sunny view with all that snow and darkness below us. We all applauded the pilots. The captain came on the intercom and apologized for the “little” bumpy ride. He was calm and cool like this was routine for him. We just laughed.

Glad you got a capture of active storms in the air. Thank you for sharing.

Two things I noted and I give the man filming this a serious tip of my hat for his patience and steady hand, phenomenal job well done Sir !!! 1st: This has got to BE one of the LONGEST TAXI's I've EVER seen and that includes experiencing them myself. This one has my longest taxi beat and I'm wondering if it should be a new, official record, LOL !!! Seriously, if it's not, it should be and applause again for the filming patience. 2nd: Another "Tip of a Hat" to the Pilot at the yoke on this one. WOWZA, smooth, text-book perfection take-off, ascent through and above the edge of that madness, and I'm sure was a very specific window of sky-room for the least bumpy path. PHENOMENALLY AWESOME JOB by this Captain. I was on the ground watching this and getting nervous so it was REALLY VERY NICE to see all of this done so very, very well. I ALWAYS want EVERYONE safe, no matter where you are in the world, everyone safe. ❤

That is the longest taxi I've ever seen. The stewardess sounded cool as a cucumber. I'd be under the seat!

Beautiful take-off... anything but scary

Ground stops at O'hare are so fun. Once when I was there they had a ground stop while we were taxiing. We sat there in the plane on the tarmac for 4 hours before taking off. Then when the stop was lifted there were 20 planes ahead of us. So it took almost another hour before we could actually take off. That was one of the longest delays I have ever had.

Nice wing. This gives a whole new meaning to the term "holding pattern."

That was one hell of a long taxi!!

Fun fact… pilots call cumulonimbus clouds Charlie Bravos. Very nice video and I love the thunder and lightning. Exciting. 😊👍

Wow such a long taxi to takeoff. Sometimes it’s like they are almost driving to your destination 😂great video. Craig - Australia

Thank you for keeping your cool, flying through those cumuliform clouds and for sharing!!!!

What a beautiful sky! So jealous!

Wow I Love Those General Electric CFM56 Turbofan Engines Starting Up Cool Lightning In The Background

That’s my favorite spot to sit!!🇺🇸✈️💯

Wow. 19 minutes from pushback to takeoff. Not real familiar with O'Hare, but a few years ago, I flew through there to and from where I was going. The takeoff and landing taxi times were god awful long. I live near Denver and the taxi times at DIA are usually a third of O'Hare.

Coolest feeling is the push into your seat and need to add just a little bit of force forward to look out the window, all when the engines reach takeoff thrust

Great video!

I like the idea of getting on a plane and then leaving a stormy area in quick order.

O'Hare taxis are always fun to watch!

This is so cool!

Thanks for the great video, never fun flying through that stuff, t-storms can be unpredictable

Very good, smooth takeoff and climb!

Wonderfull flight, it looks so stabil thats the best for me.

Awesome Video The sky is Dark.

Pretty nice take off.

I flew into Florida one evening and the turbulence and lightning shook the plane like a toy! Now that was scary, all and all this was a pleasant take off!

Nice!

Love the 737’s, flown many times

Beautiful ❤️

I took off from Boston bound for Las Vegas with sporadic severe thunderstorms between Boston and Detroit. Nice lightning shows. Once we got over Michigan, we started rocking a bit 😨. The rest of the flight was uneventful.

I love having a window seat, even if it costs extra.

smooth sailing !!

My 1st jet flight , i never been so terrified in my life As we came in fishtailing on the icey runway. Reverse thrust was perfectly applied between the zig and the zag. Good thing I had a short lay over time to go change my shorts

That's not scary, that's fun, especially at night when you can see the light show

Pretty impressive storm cell near the airport

I'm questioning what made this departure scary...? Very pretty clouds though, it's always nice (if that's the correct word) taking off when there's storm clouds around, it adds for a great view.

Thats one hell of a steep climb

How is this scary? I have to fly a couple of times a year to and from Asia, namely Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, and a couple of other Asian countries. During the monsoon seasons, there are plenty of windy thunderstorms. Those are the storms that are scary. I've been doing this for over five years now, and they still make me uneasy. Nice video, by the way.

Thanks for the WING shot. 🤣

The clouds and sunset are so beautiful, and I loved the lightning! What are people crying about?

Cool

Plane bridge. Cool. I wonder if any airport has a plane *tunnel*, where the cars go over the planes. That'd be something.

Damn those storms were crazy! We get nothing here compared to the Midwest and really loved the takeoff footage at the end!

Safe travels

Blood hell! That is one very long taxi.

Nice Video👍👍🙏

So scary! 😱

Well IDK about that being a "scary takeoff". It looked pretty good to me!👍🏼🛫 What was scary was how long it took to taxi to the runway!!!!😱😱😱 I mean Geeez Louise it felt like the plane taxied all the way from Wrigley Field just to get to the runway!😄😄

This was United Airlines you were flying on? You got some good shots of the lightning, and the thunderstorm.

Spooky scary 👻

I wonder if that's common for O'Hare. I was supposed to land there several years ago but we couldn't land due to thunderstorms right over the airport. We had to go around in circles for 20 minutes to a half hour. Then we were told we could land. Missed my connecting flight but I was ok with that!

7:58 is that taxiway going over a highway??! I've never seen that before!

Experienced this on take off inside storm in Panama..we sat at end of runway for more than 1 hour with pilot also 737-800 assuring everyone it was safe on the runway....NOT in the air.

I wish a mic could be attached to the wing to properly capture the true beauty of this mechanical sound…

Odd for the fact that most storms approach from the west or southwest which means typically you aren’t taking off to the east. Must’ve been a weird day.

is no one going to talk about how the pilot did an intersection takeoff rather than using the whole runway

Despite of the Storm The Take off went 👌 Successfully well. 😅😂😊❤ Amen 🙏. Thank Jesus for Our Protection.

I flew in this conditions many Times when I was a consultant is very scary had lots of bad turbulent Flights specially from Chicago to DFW pilots want to delay flights but passengers get angry so they have no choice but to takeoff it's pretty scary

That really wasn’t very scary at all! Kinda neat…the lighting & ominous clouds & all….but relatively calm air.

So your going to leave the ground and take off into that lightning and nasty clouds that look like tornadoes with severe turbulance possibly..my thought is "oh hell to the no" ! 😂 i would run the other way at the airport..! 🤣✈ still i have the UT-MOST respect for EVERY pilot out there and i love watching these flights take off and land safley on u-tube ! 👍😂 "Hats off to Pilots around the World" ! 👍✈♥️

That was not even a 3 on the turbulence scale. Nothing like the old days. The weather radar used to help the crew pick their way through the storms rather than avoiding them as they do today. Mid to late afternoon arrivals on the East coast, especially the deep-South could be VERY dicey. Ceiling and wall panels popping off. People screaming, vomiting, losing control of their bowels or bladders. I got off of one flight through a storm into Miami one summer and people were dragging themselves off of the aircraft and sitting down in the gate crying. Same flight my head got slammed against the sidewall so hard it broke my glasses.

Nice catch! can i use this as part of my series for a video? you will be credited in the description and video ❤

Scary?? More like beautiful

Long, long ground tour of ORD. Miles of taxi just getting to the runway!

Dam dude, A 30 minute drive to get to the runway,

It seems like you could have been well underway on a road trip given the taxi time.

Whole lotta pavement at that airport.

The scariest part of the video seemed to be taking off 2000ft down from the holding point.

I have flown into O'hare..Its pretty dangerous and wierd..

I was on a plane in China that took off in pouring down rain and didn't think a plane was supposed to leave in bad weather like tha.t but we did.

17:37 quick lightning shot center of screen 18:42 upper left corner

Busted texting on takeoff 😉 safety first, specially on busy departures as ohare the last thing pilots need are distractions as static sounds in their headphones because of people sending messages

Nothing scary about that,apart from the odd flash of lightning. Seems a perfectly smooth flight.

The only thing scary here is the length of that taxi run

Was the Pilot doing shots like in the movie 'Flight' ?

I would have been more scared of being on a Boeing than the storms.

dont think I have ever seen spoilers come up during take off? Why would they?

omgoodness, Did he taxi from Des Plaines...???

What was so scary about that take off? Are we missing something? Was this taken with an iPhone on airplane mode?

the storm already passed the airport

Was the turbulence bad?

What's so scary about it? I flew for 25 years - looks like a very smoothe takeoff. Bait/Click

Scary 🤔

2/3s of the video is taxing lol but nice video

What a long Taxi, I thought JFK was bad

That was a pretty scary takeoff, but do you remember what the flight number was? Also, the aircraft registration of this airplane?

Tyler Mac should be fantastic I wanna get on board

I have seen much scarier takeoffs. It looks to me like the storms were moving away, or missing off to the south. Layered anvil clouds are not dangerous for aircraft. The updrafts were not close.

5:58 did I just hear the flaps

Tyler Mac nice

I watched the whole video.Guess I missed the scary part. I have flown in much worse. Oh well.

WHY CANT THEY WENT TO THE STORM IS OVER ❤