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That’s why I always remain buckled up during the flight.
And why they tell you to.
What kind of "technical problem" could cause such a sudden drop? I know a sudden change in air could, but that's not a technical problem.
Well, it was a Boeing, so... probably bad QA, Software, Missing bolts....
First question I had: "Was it a boeing?."🤔
The flight controls are well capable of sending the plane on a negative G roller coaster. But usually there are measures in place to prevent that
Or could be a gremlin on the wing and no one belives William Shatner
Is that gremlin named Dave Calhoun, the CEO of boeing?
Interesting. My milkman was called Davey Calhoun when I was a kid. We called him Davey the Crow because he was a bin-raking smelly bastard
This was in the Scottish Highlands in the 1970s, do you think it's the same guy?
I do. I do think it’s the same guy.
It might be something like Qantas 72 where a fault in a component that supplies vital data to the flight computer caused two uncontrolled drops which resulted in over 100 people getting injured.
A dive I can understand, but is there a difference between a dive and a drop? As a layman, I imagine when they say it dropped, they mean they lost altitude without pitching down (though obviously they'd pitch down naturally to regain airspeed).
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