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re: Most Turbulent Flight You've Experienced?

Posted on 5/26/15 at 1:34 pm to
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 5/26/15 at 1:34 pm to
Delta 737 in the 90's. All's I remember is the pilot was prior military or I would not be typing this. He came over the intercom after landing and exiting the plane out the back stairs and inspecting, and said, ladies and gentlemen we lost our right engine somewhere between _____ and _____ Fla. FAA lied like rugs. Pilot was fired, it was in the papers. Not long after a woman and small child sitting by the right engine (which is where I was and I saw flames) was ON THE ground in the plane and her and her son were killed because some part snapped. Then the same type of plane crashed into the side of a mountain in Pitt PA because of engine failure. They called it the same BS they called my flight. A flock of birds. In my incident, we were at 27,000 feet. Birds can't breath at that altitude.

Anyway, lol I hate flying.
Posted by Uncs
Member since Aug 2008
3080 posts
Posted on 5/26/15 at 1:40 pm to
Lawton Oklahoma to dallas after boot camp. WE watched 2 tornados on the run way and took off and I thought After this summer of hell in boot camp I am going to die in a freaking plane crash!
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 5/26/15 at 1:55 pm to
quote:

Delta 737 in the 90's. All's I remember is the pilot was prior military or I would not be typing this


Sounds a lot like Northwest Flight 5, involving a Boeing 727. The jet lost one of three engines and the pilots had to land in Tampa (flight was from Miami). Pilots knew something was wrong, but didn't know the engine sheered off.

Supposedly a leaky valve from a lavatory had waste water draining out of the plane. When it reached altitude, it froze into basketball sized chunks and eventually broke loose and nailed one of the engines.

I'm guessing the Pittsburgh crash was USAir427. It happened a few years later. That was a 737...a twin turbofan. Remarkably one of the most popular, safest, most durable jets out there.
This post was edited on 5/26/15 at 2:01 pm
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