Passenger on private plane dies after severe turbulence, NTSB says

NY Post ^ | 03/04/2023 | Melissa Klein

[BenLurkin]

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the incident, which forced the Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet to divert to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

The plane was carrying five people who were flying from Keene, New Hampshire, to Leesburg, Virginia, according to the NTSB.

The safety board said it was interviewing the two crew members and two surviving passengers and that it had removed the jet’s cockpit voice and data recorders.

A Federal Aviation Administration database showed the jet belonged to Conexon, which is based in Kansas City, Mo., and brings fiber internet to rural areas.

[Telepathic Intruder]

If I die because the plane goes into freefall, because a window or a door blows off, it will be because my heart is beating about 300 times a minute.

[Antihero101607]

The Trump administration rolled back a regulation on passenger restraints, so clearly this is Trump’s fault.

/sarc

[Honest Nigerian]

This is not unusual. Happens quite frequently./okay - I am making a joke.
To the departed: R.I.P. (this last part is not a joke)

[allendale]

People have incurred some very embarrassing injuries during turbulence on private planes.

[logi_cal869]

Ironic: I was watching some air accident show last night which covered a severe turbulence incident on a wide-body.

In the show’s interview of one of the victims, he outlines a simple solution:

“Buckle up.”

[Regulator]

One of the problems with corporate flying is the reduction in actual authority of the PIC, who in many cases is regarded as an employee first and aircraft commamder second.

Translation...you don’t yell at The Boss to buckle his seat belt. And then things like this happen....

[iontheball]

Died suddenly of ‘natural causes.’

[Carl Vehse]

Another COVID-related death.

[Larry Lucido]

All I know is, if you get sand in your ear, avoid this.

[tflabo]

Severe turbulence throws off one’s breathing pattern and heartbeat races upwards. Best to take in deep breathes during the process. Surprised we don’t hear more stories re:, passengers thrown into cardiac arrhythmia’s during severe turbulent episodes.

[katana]

Once traveling at night from Buenos Aires to Santiago, Chile the plane went from a pleasant high pressure system on the Atlantic side of the Andes to a big storm on the Pacific side. The plane nose dived for about a minute, me knowing we were crossing over the highest mountain range in the western hemisphere.

I can understand someone's heart rate spiking as they assume they're experiencing their last few seconds. I certainly did.

[dfwgator]

Once traveling at night from Buenos Aires to Santiago, Chile the plane went from a pleasant high pressure system on the Atlantic side of the Andes to a big storm on the Pacific side. The plane nose dived for about a minute, me knowing we were crossing over the highest mountain range in the western hemisphere.

I would have flashbacks of the crash scene in "Alive".

[bravo whiskey]

Flashbacks of ALIVE

And looking around to see who might be the most tasty.

[43north]

I was attending to a severely injured patient in a Lear 25 (aka a rocket sled with wings) on approach to Anchorage, AK during a March “wind event” (125 kt SE crosswinds). We hit a severe downdraft and everything went weightless. I muttered an epithet to myself and jerked my seatbelt as tight as it could go just in time for another even more violent downdraft. The pilot (God bless him) put the plane into a steep dive. When we leveled out I could see whitecaps on Turnagain Arm out the window. He actually had to climb the plane to land on the runway. I will never forget that flight. March 31, 1980, the 4th Full Moon of that year.