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United Airlines Plane Hits Violent Turbulence, Leaves 1 in Critical Condition
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| Published: Feb 18, 2014, 2:17 AM EST
Posted on 02/17/2014 8:29:59 PM PST by NYer
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:29:59 PM PST
by
NYer
To: NYer
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:33:44 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: NYer
I've gone over the Rockies by plane DOZENS of times.
It really is a ROCK and ROLL experience. The obvious answers are sleep or a good stiff martini.
I always go over them in the SPRING or SUMMER. No reason for me to try it any other time. I couldn't IMAGINE the experience during a good old fashioned winter storm. Yikes!
To: NYer
A good time to holler out “WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE.”
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:35:40 PM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: NYer
The flight will have olive juice and vermouth so passengers can make their own martinis.
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:36:42 PM PST
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: NYer
Must’ve been a... nasty experience for anybody in the lavatories.
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:37:50 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
To: SkyDancer
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:38:02 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
To: BenLurkin
Oy. And purchase a seat with a seatbelt for the kiddo.
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:38:47 PM PST
by
stanne
To: BenLurkin
Seat Belts are not just a good idea.
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:39:27 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: cloudmountain
Yes. Always turbulence going over the Rockies.
To: NYer
This reminds me of a news story about a flight between somewhere in CA and Hawaii maybe ten years ago. The turbulence caused flight attendants and some passengers to hit their heads on the ceiling of the plane causing serious neck/head/other injuries.
I fly a decent amount, and ever since that story I really pay attention to buckling up even more than before.
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:39:37 PM PST
by
KJC1
To: NYer
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To: NYer
Terrible incident but that's when you tighten the seat belt and realize the plane is in TURBULENCE.
Odds are the people who were injured were not taking proper precautions.
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:48:00 PM PST
by
Rome2000
(THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:51:00 PM PST
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
To: cloudmountain
On a trip back from Florida had to go over the mountain range to Pa....in a Cargo Plane no less! The noise alone was enough to give you a headache! But the turbulence took me for a ride I won’t ever forget!
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:52:03 PM PST
by
caww
To: NYer
Thank you for choosing United and we hope you’ll choose United again the next time you travel.
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:56:01 PM PST
by
Rembrandt
(Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
To: NYer
Fortunately there were no Moslems aboard.
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posted on
02/17/2014 8:58:27 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: NYer
I was on a plane that landed so hard that some of the oxygen masks came down along with a couple of ceiling panels, but nothing like that from turbulence.
I notice on Flightaware that commercial airliners avoid moderate to heavy precipitation when they can. For this particular flight there was no precipitation along the route.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL1676/history/20140217/1815Z/KDEN/KBIL
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posted on
02/17/2014 9:05:43 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: All
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posted on
02/17/2014 9:25:36 PM PST
by
gura
(If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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