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re: Most Turbulent Flight You've Experienced?
Posted on 5/26/15 at 1:55 pm to cajunangelle
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
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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 2:10 pm to member12
American had the same thing happen on a flight from dfw to San back in the mid 80s.
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