Posted on 09/21/2021 4:34:55 PM PDT by CedarDave
Fortunately the pilot took that alarm seriously or you could have ended up like Helios 522: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522
In the movie, “Never Cry Wolf”, the pilot of the De Havilland Beaver (Brian Dennehy, IIRC) takes the wolf biologist out on the town the evening before departure to the wilderness. There he introduces him to Moose Head Beer.
The next morning they try to take off, with the biologist’s canoe strapped under the belly of the Beaver. They run & run & run down the lake without lifting off until the last moment, barely clearing the trees.
After they land at the wilderness location for the wolf study, the pilot cuts loose the canoe.
THUMP!!! It slams to the frozen surface of the lake. The canoe is completely full of cases of Moose Head Bear!
Me thinks it was the unload master that screwed up
Back wheels dumbasses
Looks like the court jesters Disastrous presidency! Looks like everything Is falling apart here in America. And God said: I will bless those that bless you and curse those that curse you..... we’re in for a world of hurt come these next 3 1/2 years. 😢 God help us.
Lotsa fun comments here.
Reality is that a tail stand is normally available and used when load planning flags it; looks like that info didnt get passed for this charter flight and Pullman is mostly regional jets nowadays so people were probably rusty on that...don’t see 73’s as much.
Rapid Decompression. Did the masks drop? This happened to a friend of mine and she started having all kinds of sinus problems afterwards. About 2 or 3 years with dealing with all kinds of issues, they finally did a CAT scan and learned that the decompression incident caused the lining of her sinus to tear loose.
So, Fauci calculated the weight and balance sheet?
Great way to crash the airplane, the nose gear is not designed to handle those kind of stresses. I’m a wide body CPT so I know a bit about it. Improper weight and balance on that 737!
I am sure there are many things you have never seen.
it wasn’t “mere passengers” in the tail, but 200-420 pound linemen and backs. And no luggage up front.
We had nearly a similar event loading a C-23 Sherpa in my Army Guard days. We were loading back to front and the plane started tipping. The crew chief got out a jackstand that attached to the plane and re-arranged some of our bags. I overheard the crew chief tell the pilot we were close to being overweight. The pilot said “No problem, I’ve got a couple extra hundred pounds in my back pocket”. I was pretty nervous on the takeoff and they used most of that runway up. Then we hit 12,800 feet from what I could see on the altimeter with no oxygen. The pilots were taking a hit from their masks every now and then. The rest of us were hyperventilating. I thought the C-141 was bad from Incirlik to Frankfurt.
“I am sure there are many things you have never seen.”
True. Can you describe the one in this instance?
Nah, no masks. I think the sensors catch this sort if thing waay before it becomes a problem for humans. I guess they alerted to a rapid change and the pilots didn’t waste any time diving at a 45 degree angle (or so it seemed) to get things okay. Pretty surreal watching the flight attendants all sort of freeze for a second with a confused look on their faces and them all run for their seats.
Lewiston.
Sobering. Takes discipline to get everybody up, hooked up (and not fouled line-by-line) and out with no casualties.
They used to fly football recruits into Pullman in the evening/dark, and then party them up and sign them.
Then in the daylight when they flew out, . . . OOPS
What are all those wheat fields?????????????
You seem to be a self proclaimed authority on everything. In this case you dont know what your talking about as in many others.
Going forward and like others here I wont be responding to your BS.
Because cow tipping is so passé.
Planes normally do that on takeoff. Of course that’s on the runway, not the terminal.
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