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SIAP

Holy cow. Great job Mr. Pilot. Plane scare

 

[Cyclonepride]

Yikes. I've been on a plane with some pretty serious turbulence, and even there, I was ready to kiss the ground when we landed. Can't imagine how long those 15 minutes felt.

 

[CascadeClone]

There's a reason they do regular simulator time with engine out conditions. Planes are designed to fly with an engine out, but the pilots still need to do the things to make it work.

 

[carvers4math]

Poor Matt probably thought maybe the Nick Nurse perpetual doghouse wasn’t that bad after all

 

[Acylum]

Definite Code Brown situation.

 

[NWICY]

Damn it CW, Blum or Jared should get ahold of Georges and Matt and get a personal story about this.

 

[Cloneon]

SIAP

Holy cow. Great job Mr. Pilot. Plane scare

Reminds me of a flight I was on Chicago to San Francisco. In flight movie was (I kid you not) "The Devils Own". Father was a pilot. So, flying (and all its adventures) was no big deal. But, on this flight the turbulence was very bad. I sensed the engines were off. The power fluctuated erratically. Still, I was watching the movie when on queue Pitt identified himself as the devil. At that same moment the flight attendants suddenly stopped serving and were on their way back to buckling up when everything went quiet. Both engines stopped. The plane pitched left and sideways. And then started nosing down. The serving cart went flying. Odd thing is you could hear a pin drop. No one screamed. Completely opposite of Hollywood's portrayal of panic. My girlfriend clenched my hand. Though only seconds, it seemed like an eternity. The pilot was able to restart one of the engines. We continued our steep decent until we were below the storm. They diverted us to Minneapolis for an emergency landing. As we were landing there were the emergency response vehicles all lined up to follow us down the runway. We, gently rolled to a stop and sat there for a few minutes. The pilot informed us what had happened (the computers shut down the engines because they could not handle the throttling adjustments via the autopilot) and we continued to the gate. Interestingly, after 'resolving' the issue, they attempted to have people reboard. Uhhh. No thank you. This airline did not service this airport. So, we waited 2 hours while they flew another aircraft in from Chicago. From there life as normal. But horrifying experience all the same.

 

[dosry5]

Reminds me of a flight I was on Chicago to San Francisco. In flight movie was (I kid you not) "The Devils Own". Father was a pilot. So, flying (and all its adventures) was no big deal. But, on this flight the turbulence was very bad. I sensed the engines were off. The power fluctuated erratically. Still, I was watching the movie when on queue Pitt identified himself as the devil. At that same moment the flight attendants suddenly stopped serving and were on their way back to buckling up when everything went quiet. Both engines stopped. The plane pitched left and sideways. And then started nosing down. The serving cart went flying. Odd thing is you could hear a pin drop. No one screamed. Completely opposite of Hollywood's portrayal of panic. My girlfriend clenched my hand. Though only seconds, it seemed like an eternity. The pilot was able to restart one of the engines. We continued our steep decent until we were below the storm. They diverted us to Minneapolis for an emergency landing. As we were landing there were the emergency response vehicles all lined up to follow us down the runway. We, gently rolled to a stop and sat there for a few minutes. The pilot informed us what had happened (the computers shut down the engines because they could not handle the throttling adjustments via the autopilot) and we continued to the gate. Interestingly, after 'resolving' the issue, they attempted to have people reboard. Uhhh. No thank you. This airline did not service this airport. So, we waited 2 hours while they flew another aircraft in from Chicago. From there life as normal. But horrifying experience all the same.

I call BS. You didn’t have a girlfriend.

 

[Mr Janny]

I was traveling once for work, on a particularly bumpy flight, and a guy across the aisle had a handheld altimeter with him. He said he brought it on every flight. Every time the plane hit a bump, he would call out how much the altitude was changing. At first it was interesting, because some of those drops were 50 feet or so, but as I said, it was a particularly bumpy flight, and after about 3 minutes of choppy air, I don't think there has been anyone on the planet I've ever wanted to shut the **** up more.

 

[dosry5]

I was traveling once for work, on a particularly bumpy flight, and a guy across the aisle had a handheld altimeter with him. He said he brought it on every flight. Every time the plane hit a bump, he would call out how much the altitude was changing. At first it was interesting, because some of those drops were 50 feet or so, but as I said, it was a particularly bumpy flight, and after about 3 minutes of choppy air, I don't think there has been anyone on the planet I've ever wanted to shut the **** up more.

When you first started this story I thought it was going to be like the story Brodie tells about the near plane crash in the movie Mallrats. I was a little disappointed.

 

[Mr Janny]

When you first started this story I thought it was going to be like the story Brodie tells about the near plane crash in the movie Mallrats. I was a little disappointed.

JESUS CHRIST, MAN!

 

[Cloneon]

I call BS. You didn’t have a girlfriend.

Probably right. But someone was holding my hand.