Buncha wussies.
“...aborted at the last second at 1,350 feet...”
Alrighty, then. /s
Global warming creating turbulence. Bet on it.
Maybe the flight should have been canceled?
Kings. Champions of men.
What was going on Friday?
Coworker was trying to fly into that same airport, and it was delayed for 40 hours.
They need to fly in a C-130 through a line of monsoon thunderstorms to see what can get really exciting.
>which was aborted at the last second at 1,350 feet, according to flight data.
Surveyed Elevation of Raleigh-Durham is 435 feet MSL. Not quite “last second”.
Lower standards and you get planes that are not well-maintained and pilots who are not qualified to fly under less than ideal situations, or who are not able to handle emergencies. Require vaccinations for all pilots and you also get a shortage of healthy pilots who are cleared to fly a plane.
I don’t think you could pay me to get on an airplane these days.
With all of the snowflakes these days, medium chop is an inevitable plane crash to those people. As a pilot, it finally makes the flight interesting. It’s funny when the women start screaming. Funnier when the beta men do.
We had some good chop coming down into Las Vegas today. Usually always some turbulence coming into Vegas but this was worse than usual.
They must have had the fish.
Great landing: a landing you can walk away from and re-use the aircraft
Buckle up, buttercups
You got to toughen up or bum a Xanax from a flight attendant.
“aborted at the last second at 1,350 feet”
“Last second”? Oh please.
I had a “last second abort” experience landing in fog in Pisa in 1977. Smokestacks sticking up through the fog layer as we were on final. Descended below the fog at probably 209-300 feet and the runway was 100 meters starboard. Full throttles and went around for another try.
Don’t know what happened but have several guesses.
Possible Micro Burst.
Possible Wind Shear.
Deviation to the alternate was proper.
Ah dang! We’re supposed to fly out next month to see grandkids and I hate to hear stories like these…now I’m really nervous. I fly as little to none because of nerves 😬…😢
At least they were let off the plane. There was a similar experience where a plane landed in Rochester, MN, but passengers were not allowed to disembark because the airport was closed for the night. Passengers used their cell phones to contact the police saying they were being held against their will. Local media was also contacted. Conditions on the plane were horrific, toilets overflowing, no water or food and the air conditioning shut off.
Is there a website/forum devoted to air travel horror stories? Asking for a friend.