Re: Fasten your seatbelt

On Tue, 21 May 2024, JAB wrote:

On Tue, 21 May 2024 07:13:27 -0500, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
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Singapore Airlines passenger dead after Boeing jet hits 'severe
turbulence'

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The incident happened after the plane fell a whopping 6000 feet.
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"Suddenly the aircraft starts tilting up and there was shaking so I
started bracing for what was happening, and very suddenly there was a
very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing seatbelt was
launched immediately into the ceiling," a passenger said.
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https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1792929488730194207
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This happened to me once. Of course not close to this event, but the turbulence was big enough for people to start to scream and I was close to hit my head on the seat in front of me. Lucky for me, I'm a "always seat belt on" guy.
The weather must have been very violent that week, because a colleague of mine flying the same route a day before or after (can't remember) experienced a complete power loss due to a lightning strike (perhaps?). He said it was a spooky feeling sitting there in the dark until the captain said there was no need to worry and that they had the backup power online soon.