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re: Most Turbulent Flight You've Experienced?
Posted on 5/26/15 at 1:24 pm to cajunangelle
Posted on 5/26/15 at 1:24 pm to cajunangelle
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The engine fell out of the casing into someones back yard.
Were you flying on Acme Airlines or something?
Posted on 5/26/15 at 1:34 pm to SundayFunday
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.
Anyway, lol I hate flying.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 1:40 pm to cajunangelle
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 on 5/26/15 at 1:55 pm to cajunangelle
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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
Posted on 5/26/15 at 1:59 pm to member12
wow. we had two engines one I saw in flames in the casing in air. talk about the twilight zone. he landed us not on auto pilot I presume, his military skills saved us.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 2:00 pm to member12
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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.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 2:03 pm to member12
United single prop plane from Aspen to Denver through a thunderstorm. Pilot tried to go around it but the storm was too widespread and he was afraid we didn't have enough fuel to go too far out of our way. The plane would climb and then drop over and over and the engine was whining like a hurt dog. There were 20 or so people on the flight and over half of them were crying....women mostly....and several got sick. The normally 45 minute flight took 2 hours because we went so far north to try to avoid the storm.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 2:06 pm to Zappas Stache
Weird thing is I never cried. I couldn't. I do recall the-absolute-worst feeling of out of your control. I prayed. I seriously said more Hail Mary's than a nun could.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 2:07 pm to cajunangelle
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wow. we had two engines one I saw in flames in the casing in air. talk about the twilight zone. he landed us not on auto pilot I presume, his military skills saved us.
If you were on Northwest Flight 5, you are lucky to be around today. And yes, a skillful and prudent pilot is likely what saved those lives.
I haven't seen a Boeing 727 in passenger service in a very long time. Those were being phased out probably around the time you were on that flight.
This post was edited on 5/26/15 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 5/26/15 at 2:09 pm to member12
how did I see flames/sparks at such a high altitude? I swear I did but it does not sound right.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 2:10 pm to member12
American had the same thing happen on a flight from dfw to San back in the mid 80s.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 2:11 pm to member12
It was a 737 two engines and the butt of the plane had a staircase exit.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 2:14 pm to cajunangelle
IIRC: they said a certain bolt/piece of the engine casing was defective and slipped off; years after saying it was a flock of birds that hit the engine was disproven.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 6:06 pm to cajunangelle
A few things learned from this thread:
-Odds are you're going to experience a traumatic event at some point flying through Texas, Las Vegas, Hawaii, or Japan.
-Planes (and their pilots) are amazing pieces of machinary and technology that rarely crash even in extreme conditions.
It's remarkable how many people have experienced intense turbulence/weather as a matter of course.
-Odds are you're going to experience a traumatic event at some point flying through Texas, Las Vegas, Hawaii, or Japan.
-Planes (and their pilots) are amazing pieces of machinary and technology that rarely crash even in extreme conditions.
It's remarkable how many people have experienced intense turbulence/weather as a matter of course.
This post was edited on 5/26/15 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 5/26/15 at 6:09 pm to shutterspeed
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-Odds are you're going to experience a traumatic event at some point flying through Texas, Las Vegas, Hawaii, or Japan.
no shite
Posted on 5/26/15 at 6:16 pm to shutterspeed
I have flown many times over the years. Only one incident of severe turbulence.
As others, was flying from Vegas to Dallas several years ago. Seems like we flew in a thunderstorm the entire way. Lightening, rapid sudden descents, the whole works. This was a late evening flight. Young woman sitting to my right asked my wife for permission to hold onto my hand. She was terrified, as were we.
Was to connect in Houston for a late flight into Alexandria. We rented a car in Dallas and drove back to Alexandria. Picked up luggage the next morning.
Have flown many times since without incident. Leave tomorrow from Lafayette to Atlanta to Nashville.
As others, was flying from Vegas to Dallas several years ago. Seems like we flew in a thunderstorm the entire way. Lightening, rapid sudden descents, the whole works. This was a late evening flight. Young woman sitting to my right asked my wife for permission to hold onto my hand. She was terrified, as were we.
Was to connect in Houston for a late flight into Alexandria. We rented a car in Dallas and drove back to Alexandria. Picked up luggage the next morning.
Have flown many times since without incident. Leave tomorrow from Lafayette to Atlanta to Nashville.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 6:24 pm to shutterspeed
Worst turbulence I've experienced came over the Great Lakes and North Atlantic.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 6:24 pm to shutterspeed
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-Odds are you're going to experience a traumatic event at some point flying through Texas, Las Vegas, Hawaii, or Japan.
Yes!!! I'm going East, then South. :nana:
Posted on 5/26/15 at 6:55 pm to lsujunky
I was on a Northwest Airlink regional flight back a buncha years ago... on some little dinky 11 seater Embraer Turboprop I think. We hit some wind shear somewhere over Missouri (connecting through Springfield) and dropped a couple hundred feet at once... seatbelts were off and I hit my head on the ceiling of the plane. There were four or five passengers and almost everybody had jammed necks. Crap was flying around everywhere.
Worst flight I ever had. Connected from Muscle Shoals-to-Tupelo-to-JacksonTN-to-Memphis-to Springfield-to-Joplin.
Worst flight I ever had. Connected from Muscle Shoals-to-Tupelo-to-JacksonTN-to-Memphis-to Springfield-to-Joplin.
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