Oznog: Well, for occupants to hit the ceiling, it's gotta be NEGATIVE g's, which plane wings don't usually like.

Maybe he was in a 4G inverted dive with a MiG28.

Joce678: "This is why the pilot tells you to keep your seatbelt fastened even when the seatbelt sign is off"

There's still people who don't know this? More people are killed by turbulence then Al-Qaeda.

So........Al-Qaeda kills 'em again, AFTER the turbulence does???

Gleeman:

Juneau (PAJN) approach is no slouch either.

"Why are we flying in between mountains while making tight turns?"
"Just close the blind and hang on."

Because if you made loose turns you wouldn't be flying in between mountains anymore.

fredbox: Olympus Mons: I use to even like flying.... and then on a trip to Korea, flying into Acourage Alaska at 4a.m. on the way....I can see the water....the attendants strap in... and then the bottom falls out. We drop and drop and drop. I remember how close the water was just a few second before. The stewardesses looked at each other like they were about to die. At that moment the bug got in my head. Ever since I need to load up on Kamikazis just to set foot on one of those damn things.

I used to planespot at the end of the north/south runway in ANC. Its at 150'. There's a bluff at the end of the runway overlooking the water that was an excellent place to hang out before 9/11 ruined the entire freaking world. Occasionally you'd see a plane catch a bit of wind shear and end up below the bluff, have to go to TOGA to get back over the bluff in time. One time the strobe light tower at the end was bent down toward the runway and there were some very widely spaced tire tracks in the snow around it.

KAL planes almost always used the entire runway before even rotating. And watching the bored cargo pilots bringing those janky freighters from Asia at night was interesting. Turns out an old 747-100 can still mimic the Millenium Falcon thru an asteroid field after all.

Juneau (PAJN) approach is no slouch either.

"Why are we flying in between mountains while making tight turns?"
"Just close the blind and hang on."

Olympus Mons: I use to even like flying.... and then on a trip to Korea, flying into Acourage Alaska at 4a.m. on the way....I can see the water....the attendants strap in... and then the bottom falls out. We drop and drop and drop. I remember how close the water was just a few second before. The stewardesses looked at each other like they were about to die. At that moment the bug got in my head. Ever since I need to load up on Kamikazis just to set foot on one of those damn things.

I used to planespot at the end of the north/south runway in ANC. Its at 150'. There's a bluff at the end of the runway overlooking the water that was an excellent place to hang out before 9/11 ruined the entire freaking world. Occasionally you'd see a plane catch a bit of wind shear and end up below the bluff, have to go to TOGA to get back over the bluff in time. One time the strobe light tower at the end was bent down toward the runway and there were some very widely spaced tire tracks in the snow around it.

KAL planes almost always used the entire runway before even rotating. And watching the bored cargo pilots bringing those janky freighters from Asia at night was interesting. Turns out an old 747-100 can still mimic the Millenium Falcon thru an asteroid field after all.

Mr. Coffee Nerves: Based on this article can someone explain to me why it's OK for an infant to be transported aboard an airliner without being secured in a car seat belted to the airplane seat?

"Sure I saved $249, AND now my kid is set for life because when the turbulence hit he smacked into the drink cart doing Mach 1.5 and his forehead permanently says "'s'eppewhcS"

Infants are young and so hopefully you haven't had time to get too attached to them.

Haha, the first thing I thought of on reading this was that old Carol Burnett sketch about the "no-frills" section of an airline...
Watch it here, and go to 6:40 for the turbulence part...

Never in one million years would I sit in an airplane seat without my seatbelt on.

People are amazingly stupid.

I say let 'em crash.

Oznog: Well, for occupants to hit the ceiling, it's gotta be NEGATIVE g's, which plane wings don't usually like.


You have no idea how airplanes are tested and built. Admit it.