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Why Are American Airlines Flights Being Haunted by Bizarre Groaning Noises?
Gizmodo ^ | Lucas Ropek

Posted on 09/27/2022 7:57:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin

They were coming from the plane’s loudspeaker. Flight attendants assured passengers it was a technical mixup. It was presumed that once the flight got underway, the noises would cease. Instead, they continued for hours: weird guttural moans and grunts projected over the intercom, apparently coming from nowhere.

In an interview with Gizmodo, Collins characterized the noises as a cross between “explosive diarrhea, vomiting, and a weird, vaguely sexual moan.” Having listened to the noises, this writer would add “bad impression of Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s monster” to that list. In general, the noises are weird, uncomfortable, and resistant to easy explanation. You can listen for yourself in the video below.

Los Angeles Times reports at least two other recent incidents in which flights were plagued by weird barfing noises. Another website counts a total of five incidents, all of them involving LAX for some reason.

When reached for comment by Gizmodo, American Airlines claimed that the groans from the Sept. 6 flight were caused by a “mechanical issue”

(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: airlines; americanairlines; california; gizmodo; groans; losangeles; losangelesslimes; losangelestimes
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To: MamaB

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077610/


21 posted on 09/27/2022 8:53:26 AM PDT by al baby (Yes i know it was Gere )
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To: BenLurkin
Every pilot knows these are Gremlins…

Italian Trulli
22 posted on 09/27/2022 8:58:35 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

"G__ D___ Foreign Planes....always freeze up on ya!"

23 posted on 09/27/2022 9:03:18 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

When posting images, always include ‘width=500’ before the closing >


24 posted on 09/27/2022 9:27:35 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: BenLurkin

Hidden mic in the Mile High Club?


25 posted on 09/27/2022 9:28:50 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: BenLurkin

In my experience the groaning always gets louder the longer the service trolly blocks the way to the lav.


26 posted on 09/27/2022 9:35:46 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: BenLurkin

Flight 401 Ghosts.


27 posted on 09/27/2022 9:54:17 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Eccl 10:2

Thank you!


28 posted on 09/27/2022 9:56:09 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: FreedomPoster

Might have been interesting if he was in the mood to talk.


29 posted on 09/27/2022 10:00:38 AM PDT by stevio
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To: MamaB
"I was fascinated about this story."

Me too. I read the book, and watched the movie (1978). Ernest Borgnine was in it. I recently read a technical booklet/report about the crash. It stated that Captain Robert Albin Loft had a small benign brain tumor. I don't remember if that info was in the book or not. There's an upcoming TV program on Travel Channel on October 28, 2022:

"Shock Docs" Ghosts of Flight 401

30 posted on 09/27/2022 10:02:15 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: FreedomPoster

I wish I had a site to host photos, because during Kerry’s run against G.W. Bush, I found a photo of Kerry playing his guitar while seated in his campaign plane, and I photoshopped a pic of the Twilight Zone gremlin looking in at the window next to Kerry.


31 posted on 09/27/2022 10:17:14 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Cowgirl of Justice; MamaB
Mr. Ballen, former Nay Seal turned YouTuber, just had a pretty cool segment on Flight 401 last week:

Ghosts of Flight 401

32 posted on 09/27/2022 10:20:49 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: BenLurkin
Mystery solved

33 posted on 09/27/2022 10:49:46 AM PDT by Dahoser (I finally figured out what to call him: Fakephonyfraudident Biden.)
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To: mass55th

Ha, nice.

Imgur would work for that.


34 posted on 09/27/2022 10:50:31 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: real saxophonist

Ah yes. I had Lasagna.


35 posted on 09/27/2022 11:17:08 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: MamaB

That movie with Borgnine. Excellent!


36 posted on 09/27/2022 11:42:50 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It amazes me how much "exercise" and "extra fries" sound alike.)
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To: DownInFlames

Shirley you jest.🤪


37 posted on 09/27/2022 1:23:08 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: BiteYourSelf

Don’t call me Shirley.


38 posted on 09/28/2022 2:56:08 PM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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