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Scary flight.

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melev
, 07-16-2010 at 03:05 PM (3443 Views)
I think we almost died on this flight. It was the worst scare I've had on a plane ever. Landed a few minutes ago and have to catch a connecting flight in 1.5 hours.

After a momentary freefall, the captain never addressed the passengers for the final 15 mins of our flight. My guess is some thing broke and the flight crew had their hands full for the rest of the flight.

Even on the runway, he never came on the mic. Since the oxygen masks didn't fall, I guess it wasn't that bad, but everyone let out a sigh of relief when the tires touched down.

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  1. Bobbywade's Avatar
    Yea I hate to have to move all your stuff to my house!!!!
  2. melev's Avatar
    Nice.
  3. JABlacher's Avatar
    Ahh, hit one of those sky potholes. Those are the worst.
  4. washingtond's Avatar
    What airline are you flying?
  5. melev's Avatar
    Continental. I'm ready to use American again.
  6. Hat39406's Avatar
    Man, I bet ya wanted to kiss the ground after you got off the plane.
  7. Hat39406's Avatar
    Hey, when ya get to Maine and off the plane post to us that ya made it their safely.
  8. JABlacher's Avatar
    If Hat doesn't hear from you he's going to call dibs on your livestock.
  9. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    Continental. I'm ready to use American again.
    Good idea, American is much better at dodging that invisible turbulance.

    Seriously though, I doubt there was anything wrong, other than the pilots were busy earning their salaries keeping things right side up, rather than talking to the passengers.
  10. melev's Avatar
    Oops, I should have replied sooner. I fly in on a twin prop plane to Portland, Maine. It was a decent flight in a smaller plane, but we were buffeted around a little. Only because of the first flight, I had a few misgivings. The landing was good, and we deplaned right onto the tarmac and walked into the terminal.
  11. NightShade's Avatar
    Wow. . . what size plane were you on? I flew on united from Sioux City, IA to Chicago when I was 14 and had a few 100ft + plummets but that was on a 21 seat twin engine turbo prop. The flight from Chicago to sanfransisco was basically boring but had fun watching OJ run from the cops while I was in the terminal. . .

    Very interesting to hear though. . . btw a friend of mine worked cleaning planes and light mechanic work when we were in high school. His favorite repair tool was 100mph Duct Tape. They tape the plane together and send a note to some other place saying something needs fixed right. I guess he learned that from someone else but he could have moved to where ever you got on that plane.
  12. maroun.c's Avatar
    Glad all was fine in the the end...
  13. evoracer's Avatar
    That's why I drive. I would have driven to Hawaii if they had finished the bridge.
  14. evoracer's Avatar
    How many just googled "bridge to Hawaii? Huh? Admit it!
  15. morgman's Avatar
    I had a similar event. The drop felt like really bad turbulence(the constant drop feeling) for 15-30 seconds straight. It makes you get that stomach in your mouth feeling like a roller coaster. The Captain did come on and say they had a near miss and the planes alert message said to dive. It was pretty scary. Some people started screaming. The flight was on American West flight to Phoenix. They sent out $100 vouchers for American West to all of the passengers.

    On a side note, my Mom use to be a flight attendant back in the day. She said usually the Captains don't like to tell the passengers what is going on so people don't freak out.

    Glad you are okay.
  16. DTM14's Avatar
    Hey Melve, remember when I dropped you off at the hotel and we saw the police road blocking all the streets off. Just found out that was a small plane that crashed and two people lost there lives. Link--
    http://www.wcsh6.com/video/default.a...1/142435004001