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That’s when I opened my eyes and there was various individuals at the top of the plane. Just stuck to the roof and then they fell to the floor.
This is why you always keep your seatbelt fastened.
I read the article and this definitely doesn't sound like any autopilot or manual pilot malfunction. I don't see how any hardover disturbance on the primary flight controls could pull the kind of negative Gs needed to pin people to the ceiling nearly instantly.
This sounds like freak clear air turbulence to me, but I will be awaiting the reports on this intently.
Fair enough, Boeing rapidly turning into Clown Cars ‘R’ Us tho. Wonder if they’ll make one where all the luggage falls out when it takes off and the airport staff have to run after it collecting the suitcases in a big bag with a hole in it or smthn.
Sounds vaguely similar to Qantas Flight 72 which also saw people pinned to the ceiling. That was a glitch in the data interpreted by the plane, potentially due to bit flip from cosmic rays.
It’s pretty crazy what these planes are capable of if operated outside the normal parameters. They aren’t nimble by any means, but they have pretty big flight surfaces and can really dive hard when they need to.
Same thing almost happened again with another Qantas A330 in the area, but the new procedures in place after Flight 72 prevented it from being injurious to the crew and passengers. Autopilot disconnected and alerted the crew to an error in the relevant Air Data Inertial Reference Unit in that case, rather than acting on it.
Edit: That said, I would trust any plane from Airbus LONG before I’d trust a 787 Dreamliner. No fatal Dreamliner crashes yet but that plane was a shitshow in design.
Aviation-Safety.net says it was CC-BGG, manufactured in 2015. So barring some kind of software update from Boeing it's probably not their fault this time.
Why’s that? Is that before the merger
It's before the most recent loose bolts problem and after the 787 reckoning in 2013. The merger was in 2000.
Who did they merge with?
McDonnell Douglas. If you’ve ever flown on an MD-80, that’s them.
Who flies the MD-80 currently? I’ve been on CRJs, Boeings, and Airbus and can’t remember if I’ve ever flown on an MD plane
Delta was still running some MD-88s and MD-90s until 2020. They retired them during the COVID airline lull.
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