Scientists fly into the storm to study ferocious thunderstorms

The radar screens in the jetliner show massive storm systems around Wichita and Dodge City growing and beginning to merge. Any commercial aircraft in the area have already diverted. But this DC-8 heads right between the storms. Then it flies circles around them, The Kansas City Star reports. "Everybody is trying to get away. We’re going toward it," flight navigator Walter Klein says. "They’re thinking, ’What’s wrong with these guys?’"