1. On a return flight into DIA on very stormy night in late summer. Very bad turbulence and lots of rain. I had the luck to sit next to a whiteknuckler, who was sitting in a wing window seat. He kept commenting on the storm, with the rain and the lightning. Me being the smart-ass I am could not resist, I acted like this was my first flight and was asking him questions. Just then the landing lights came on and you could see the amount of rain. I asked him "Hey look at that rain, it going right into the engine. Doesn't water put out fire????" Right then some type of vents opened on the front part of the engine and dumped a huge amount of water. The poor guy passed out cold, I thought I killed him. Needless to say when the plan landed I was one of the first off.
#2 On a connecting flight in St. Louis, we did not push away from the terminal on time or 45 min later. The pilot came on and told us they were working on something on the front landing gear assembly, and we would push back in about 5-10 minutes. Well, it seems that they had lifted the from of the plane with an air jack to be able check on whatever was the issue. I never felt the plane lift or anything. The pilot came on and informed us that we would be pushing back right away, at that moment they dropped the air jack and the front of the plane dropped about 4-6 inches with a loud thud. The scene inside the plane reminded me of the movie Airplane. About 15 people deplaned, they refused to remain on that flight.
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