Posted on 03/11/2024 5:51:07 AM PDT by CFW
Passengers were thrown to the roof of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner during a sudden altitude loss that resulted in at least 50 people being injured Monday on a LATAM Airlines flight.
The plane experienced a technical issue that caused "strong movement" on the flight from Sydney, Australia, to Auckland, New Zealand, according to The New Zealand Herald.
Of the approximately 50 people who were injured, a dozen were transported to local hospitals and one person was left in serious condition. The injuries included broken bones and head and neck injuries, per passenger Brian Jokat.
Jokat said the plane "just dropped" just over halfway through the flight.
Another passenger, identified as Daniel, said the incident was so chaotic it was difficult to tell whether the plane's interior was splattered with blood or wine.
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Downfall: the case against Boeing. Check it out on Netflix.
Boeing did this to themselves.
Sorry FRiend. I don’t think you comprehended what I posted. Big jet airliners have lots of activity going on during flights. People have to pee, etc...
… and how many warnings related to pressurization did aircrew have prior to the blowout? The “hero” aircrew that landed the plane safely for some reason did not preserve the record of their flight. We will never know what was discussed in the cockpit prior to the liftoff of the flight. Why did the “hero” pilot not have the knowledge to pull the circuit breaker for her flight data voice recorder? Things that make you go hmmmmm. We know that this aircraft had maintenance squawks related to pressurization. But somehow we are supposed to believe they were unrelated to the blowout.
turbulance right?
Yes, because Netflix loves American industry and workers so much!
Boeing has made plenty of mistakes over the years, but the criticism you find in the media is mostly and in “documentaries” such as the one from Netflix is mostly pure crap.
“Some on Reddit are saying that the pilot’s controls went completely dark for a few seconds, and then came back on.”
my first thought was temporary failure/glitch in fly-by-wire-by-computer-by-software-by-sensor ...thank god it was temporary ... next time might not be so temporary ... NTSB final report will be that “emanations” from consumer electronics MIGHT be the problem ...
You could get the impression that the media is doing to Boeing what MAGA did to bud light. And, it’s not by accident.
Yes, the flight crew should have known that model did not have the long-duration voice recorder and they needed to pull the breaker from overwriting the data. This sounds more like a training and checklist error to me.
Agreed...those pressurization warnings (whistling air sound by the plug) were ignored. That whistling noise should have been a HUGE red flag and grounded the aircraft immediately. So that makes it a combined operations, maintenance, AND manufacturing error. Blame shared between Boeing and the airline.
Reminds me of coming back from Mexico on AeroMexico decades ago.
We joked that the pilot must have been a dive bomber pilot earlier.
He would not just ease back the throttle to descend, he would nose down.
Got to where several of us would yell DIVE, DIVE! when you would do it.
I guess most people do take one source and run with it. Do your homework, which I do, because I find it interesting, and make your own conclusion. I know morning is a shit company. You don’t want to believe it, well good for you.
Boeing
In altitude?
How far??
For how long???
My wife and I live outside of Seattle on a small airport near the foothills. A bunch of our neighbors and friends work for Boeing. Most of the professional pilots on the field fly or have flown Boeing jets. We bought our house from someone who worked for Boeing. WE just sold our other house using a real estate agent who worked retired from Boeing. My best aviation enthusiast buddy worked his entire career at Boeing. My brother has been an airline captain flying Boeing jets for decades. My wife and I both volunteer at the spectacular flight museum on Boeing Field that was founded by Boeing. My grandmother worked as a Rosie the Riveter during WWII for Boeing. We have been members of the Boeing Credit Union for years. And it goes on and on.
We are both pilots, have two aircraft and four hang gliders. We are aviation enthusiasts who hang out mostly with other aviation enthusiasts and pilots. When we are not flying for real, we relax by flying flight simulators. That is just how we are. Is Boeing a perfect company? Obviously not! Almost everyone who works at Boeing or flies their aircraft or knows Boeing employees has a love/hate relationship with the current management. But, do you think that the Chinese will produce better aircraft than Boeing does? Do you think that Airbus would produce better aircraft if they didn't have to compete with Boeing?
So... you have done your research and have concluded that Boeing is “shit company”? Good for you! My guess is that the piece of finger nail that I just clipped off knows more about flying and Boeing than you do. You are just an easily influenced person who has bought into crap put out by people who won't be happy until every manufacturing job in the USA has been shipped overseas. You should be embarrassed by your ignorance and gullibility but you won't because you are an almost perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Seriously.
Seriously?
You cannot keep your CEOs straight. The CEO of United Airlines is the one who dresses up in women's clothing.
Or 25% of the 'actors' in TV commercials, either.
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