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At least 50 hurt as LATAM's Boeing 787 to Auckland 'just dropped' mid-flight (www.reuters.com)

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[–] zaphod 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

Headline is clickbaitey, the fact it's a Boeing is irrelevant. This can just happen.

I was on a flight to Colorado from Canada, flying over the Rockies, and we hit a mild patch of turbulence that, without warning, suddenly turned into a quick, long drop that threw folks who weren't belted in out of their seats and sent drinks flying.

The lesson is simple: wear your damn seatbelt and avoid walking around the cabin unnecessarily.

[–] floofloof 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

the fact it’s a Boeing is irrelevant. This can just happen.

That seems like an open question, given quotes like this:

Jokat said there was no turbulence after the incident and once the plane landed the pilot came to the back of the plane in “shock”.

“I asked ‘what happened?’ and he said ‘my gauges just blanked out, I lost all of my ability to fly the plane’.”

Source

It's just one passenger's word so far, but it merits investigation. Sounds like it could have been a problem with the plane.

[–] zaphod 6 points 11 months ago

Fair enough. Notably, that quote isn't in the Reuters article, which is what I was commenting on.

No arguments about the need for an investigation, particularly if that quote from the pilot is genuine.

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