Posted on 08/31/2016 5:03:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
She said: “We were at least three hours into the flight, everybody had eaten and was asleep.
“It was very quiet. There seemed to be lots of children on the flight.
“Then out of the blue the plane just dropped and everybody who was unbuckled went flying.”
She said people flew headlong into the ceiling of the plane, suffering cuts to their heads. A few passengers had broken bones, she claimed.
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The flight attendant across from me, she slammed her head. She’ll need stitches.”
The plane plummeted twice, Ms Boriack said, and during the second fall many of the flight’s 207 passengers were screaming.
“Each drop lasted a couple of seconds. There was a loud bang. We assumed it was something in the galley.
“That was when everybody got really scared.
“The worst part was during the second drop – people were screaming. I had to keep my cool.
“It felt like a rollercoaster. The drops were that long.
“I was very scared, but other people were screaming.”
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She added it was another three hours before the flight arrived in Shannon.
There was no warning and the pilot did not address passengers until about five minutes after the turbulence, she said.
“He just said it was very unexpected turbulence. He said normally they see the warning signs and go around it,” she said.
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We’ve hit significant turbulence twice, once approaching Taipei and once leaving toward Tokyo. It was on Eva and warning was timely and the attendants were seated and no one was hurt, just scared. Once we had only five minutes warning, the other time ten. After we landed in Taipei we looked back at the sky to the north and there was a huge storm with absolutely black sky under a shelf of clouds.
Used to enjoy flying. Was on a plane over the US desert and plane lost. Altitude. Then we had a very rough landing on another flight. I just kept seeing that plane crash in Iowa where the plane did cartwheels over the wings. The last bad one was an aborted landing due to wind shear in Paris. I don’t intend to ever fly again.
LOL! Nice story.
Sobering stories on this thread.
What happens to me in severe turbulence is that my heart races and gets out of sync with my breathing. Feels like my chest will explode. I wonder if taking BP meds is related.
I never unbuckle for any reason except bathroom breaks. :-)
You want to fly over the desert in the morning, when the air is calm. After noon, giant balls of heated air boil up from the desert and cause CAT, and smack the crap out of the plane. Not fun.
Always keep your seat belt fastened when you fly.
Turbulence is invisible and you hit it going around 600 mph.
About 20 years ago, I was in the aisle with the drink cart and we hit violent turbulence. I hit the ceiling, hit the floor and landed on a drink can that was upright. Eventually the drink cart landed on top on me. Passengers were scattered all over as well as their blood.
Multiple planes went through the same thing and ambulances were waiting for the injured crewmembers and passengers.
Always keep your seat belt fastened when you fly.
Turbulence is invisible and you hit it going around 600 mph.
About 20 years ago, I was in the aisle with the drink cart and we hit violent turbulence. I hit the ceiling, hit the floor and landed on a drink can that was upright. Eventually the drink cart landed on top on me. Passengers were scattered all over as well as their blood.
Multiple planes went through the same thing and ambulances were waiting for the injured crewmembers and passengers.
They always recommend that you wear a seat belt when seated, for just that reason.
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