Posted on 03/11/2024 9:08:13 AM PDT by libh8er
SYDNEY -- At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a "strong movement" on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand.
LATAM Airlines said in a statement that there was "a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement." It did not elaborate on what happened.
Passengers were met by paramedics and more than 10 emergency vehicles when the flight touched down in Auckland.
About 50 people were treated at the scene for mostly mild injuries, with 13 taken to a hospital, an ambulance spokesperson said.
One patient was believed to be in serious condition.
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Is that a Max?
Was it a strong bowel movement?
Earlier thread: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4223413/posts
No. It’s a 787
The Max’s are 737’s my understanding of this it’s a 787 Dreamliner.
Boeing can take solace that one of the five mishaps was Airbus, so there’s that.
Good description that conveys little to no actual information. Bureaucratic word salad
Yet another reminder to stay belted in your seat as much as possible.
WTH does that mean?
Does ‘technical event’ have a dual meaning kinda like “undocumented migrant” has for “illegal alien”?
Did a “Crisis Communication” advisor devise this language, this strange message?
“Technical event”
That sounds like a euphemism for “plane malfunction.”
“Good description that conveys little to no actual information.”
If I read this right, what they had was probably clear air turbulance. It can happen within miles of a storm at a lot of altitudes. The force of the downdraft could reach tornado strength winds.
In 1975 I was on a 737 going from LA to Tampa and we were north of a storm over Texas. Suddenly we hit a clear air downdraft that took the plane probably a few hundred feet down as we went through it very rapidly. I asked a stew and she told me it was what I thought. Funny thing is that many of the passengers were scared and for the rest of the flight they dug their finger nails into the arm rests and were looking at each other with that look in their eyes of “Oh Skit”.
There was a newly married couple in front of the plane, in the middle of the seating, that was having chilled champaign and I hope they enjoyed it as when we got level they were wearing it. It had hit the ceiling and came down and many in that area were covered with ice and wine.
wy69
Ugh.
When I was a flight attendant, the seat belt sign would be on and the passengers would be given the PA about turbulence. There were always those who refused to keep their belt on. I would ask them to and when they refused, I reminded them that turbulence was invisible and we hit it going about 600 mph. If they still refused, I would let them know if they didn’t care about themselves, neither did I but the people around them that would be hurt.
Even with no warning, no bad weather- nothing - going into Pittsburgh we hit turbulence so badly we dropped about 1000 ft and had to make an emergency landing with assorted injuries. I hit the ceiling and the beverage cart which gave me a free ride to the ER. Landing on the upright Coke can was a nice painful bonus and they thought my leg was broken. The Delta flight in front of us had flight attendants with broken bones and the ambulances were busy that night.
Just keep your belt on.
(turns off light and goes home)
Oh, and, good luck United, with your CEO. I would have quit on the spot the first time I saw it in lipstick and hot pants.
this is why I like FR....so many people with so many experiences ...thx for sharing....
The thing that the article did not state is how old the plane was. How many different airlines had flown the plane. That particular airline is in the process of re-engineering a whole bunch of their 787s. My guess is the plane was at least 8 to 10 years old. So you can’t blame this on Boeing.
yep, lawyer speak
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