The remaining helicopters ran into an unexpected weather phenomenon known as a " haboob " ( fine particles of sand suspended to a milky consistency in the air following dissipation of a thunderstorm ) . " Bluebeard 5 " flew into the haboob, but abandoned the mission and returned to the " Nimitz " when erratic flight instrumentation ( altitude indicator ) made flying without visual reference points impossible.
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The remaining helicopters ran into an unexpected weather phenomenon known as a " haboob " ( fine particles of sand suspended to a milky consistency in the air following dissipation of a thunderstorm ) . " Bluebeard 5 " flew into the haboob, but abandoned the mission and returned to the " Nimitz " when erratic flight instrumentation ( altitude indicator ) made flying without visual reference points impossible.
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:I later saw a TV weather broadcast try to substitute the Arabic word haboob for the English word sand storm, but that hasn't caught on in the US, because the English word is perfectly good . ( Wikipedia has a separate dust storm article with a redirect from sand storm, not sure that differs from a haboob enough to justify a second article . ) talk ) 13 : 23, 17 May 2014 ( UTC)
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:I later saw a TV weather broadcast try to substitute the Arabic word haboob for the English word sand storm, but that hasn't caught on in the US, because the English word is perfectly good . ( Wikipedia has a separate dust storm article with a redirect from sand storm, not sure that differs from a haboob enough to justify a second article . ) talk ) 13 : 23, 17 May 2014 ( UTC)
