SWA Code Brown-Blown Engine: Updated with Pilot commentary

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 04/17/2018 at 13:33 • Filed to: None

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Nope, nope, nope. Sounds like there may be some serious injuries. Kudos for landing the plane SWA.

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Update:

From Dan my buddy who is a captain for SWA:

diplodicus > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/17/2018 at 13:40

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I thought the mythbusters busted the myth that you could get sucked out a window?

feather-throttle-not-hair > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/17/2018 at 13:43

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Ugh. Scariest experience of my life was being on a plane when one of the engines failed (non-explosively, just flamed out.)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > diplodicus 04/17/2018 at 13:46

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Good question...

bob and john > diplodicus 04/17/2018 at 13:46

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it was sucked out a bullet hole, not a full window (IIRC)

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > feather-throttle-not-hair 04/17/2018 at 13:47

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landing in heavy crosswinds for me... something deeply unnerving bout suddenly only seeing grass out of the window seconds before landing...

pretty sure my hand prints are still embedded in those arm rests

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > bob and john 04/17/2018 at 13:49

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In the old days, airline mechanics located pinholes in the aircraft skin by the stream of tar from cigarette smoke.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > feather-throttle-not-hair 04/17/2018 at 13:50

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We were on a flight on an older DC-9/MD-80 that had compressor stalls and they shut it down.

user314 > diplodicus 04/17/2018 at 14:03

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They only tested for pressure differential, not the effect of a 150+ knot slipstream.

average user > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/17/2018 at 14:08

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I will be flying in 2 weeks. Can I just drive to nyc instead?

diplodicus > bob and john 04/17/2018 at 14:13

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Ya looks like I remembered wrong.

smobgirl > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/17/2018 at 14:21

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Dear Mom, please don’t turn on the tv until I land in RVa.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/17/2018 at 16:11

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I believe i was in a DC10, but i was only about 7 when it happened so i’m not 100 percent sure. We took off, were climbing and then suddenly we weren’t climbing but rather plunging back towards the earth. The plane leveled off pretty quickly and we just immediately landed. I remember having to call my mom since my sister and I were unaccompanied minors at the time.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > feather-throttle-not-hair 04/17/2018 at 16:17

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Code Brown for Mom, no doubt. My brother and I flew UM a bunch when we were, well, minors.

Grindintosecond > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/18/2018 at 04:29

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I believe every one in any picture you see from this proves zero people listen to announcements or read the safety card. How? Their oxygen masks are all on wrong. Supposed to go over nose too.....but their facebook feed!!