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Risley t1_j0vm3e0 wrote

Reply to comment by Xjom91 in Five injured after 'severe turbulence' on United Airlines flight into Houston by kittehstrophic

I’m with you right there brother.

Just focus on one key point:

THE FLIGHT STILL LANDED SAFELY

It might be hell in the sky but the plane ✈️ was built for it. So stay strapped into that seat. You will land safely. Trust the statistics over your emotions.

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Range-Shoddy t1_j0vsio9 wrote

I’m an engineer. I math all day. You’re right- statistics over emotions. And I’m still noping at this whole thing 😂 I was once on a flight with an aborted landing, thunderstorm, nothing like these two flights, and I’m still not over it 10 years later.

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nooblevelum t1_j0wy3f4 wrote

I was on a flight that had a balked landing and it was scary asf not knowing if we were going to get enough lift or just the fact it happened. Shook me.

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BloopityBlue t1_j0xqvl2 wrote

I had that happen once and the not knowing was the worst

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Range-Shoddy t1_j11yvxx wrote

The worst was a guy in the row behind us worked in ATC and he was like I have no idea that sucked so then 4 rows of people panicked even worse. It was cross winds that blew the plane in front of us sideways so good call but not fun.

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Diabetesh t1_j0vwnw5 wrote

Something really cool is looking at the stats in graph form you see continuing decline in fatal incidents (in the us at least).

The other thing to keep in mind is nothing is going wrong unless the flight crew is panicking.

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Gb_packers973 t1_j0wdpnq wrote

Not to be a downer - but built for it yes!

Maintained per OEM standards…. Thats a different story.

As major airlines have shopped out their maintenance to the lowest bidder across the globe.

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feral_brick t1_j0xnl81 wrote

That's.... Not how airlines work.

Everyone except Russia has very strict maintenance standards that are actually upheld. That's why you get ridiculous shit like "my flight got delayed because someone's tray table wouldn't lock"

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