Alaska Airlines 737 Max makes emergency landing due to depressurization

Post by ceejayoz » Sat, Jan 06, 2024, 4:15 AM UTC

tmpz22 wrote: post #18

randycupertino wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"If it's Boeing, I'm not going." I was on a flight that made and emergency landing once, it was TERRIFYING. The pilot circled once then we went down at a very steep angle. What was even worse was the three days we were stranded in Gander Newfoundland while they fixed the plane and then flew in a new crew. It was basically an refueling/military base and not a real airport, no food or facilities. After that I never fle…

Thats a decent setup for a Hallmark movie - two travelers stranded and isolated find love through the zaney activities used to pass time in a remote locale.

Post by TylerE » Sat, Jan 06, 2024, 4:18 AM UTC

carbocation wrote: post #20

mjevans wrote: post #5

Alternate, non Twitter, link. https://katu.com/news/local/alaska-airlines-flight-1282-retu...

The nomenclature is interesting. In my mind, a "depressurization event" would imply that the biggest problem was the depressurization. In other words, that there was not a big gaping structural hole. If there can be a big hole in the plane and we can call that a "depressurization event", I would like to advocate for changing how we describe this.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 06, 2024, 4:19 AM UTC

Post by kevin_thibedeau » Sat, Jan 06, 2024, 4:20 AM UTC

tmpz22 wrote: post #18

randycupertino wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"If it's Boeing, I'm not going." I was on a flight that made and emergency landing once, it was TERRIFYING. The pilot circled once then we went down at a very steep angle. What was even worse was the three days we were stranded in Gander Newfoundland while they fixed the plane and then flew in a new crew. It was basically an refueling/military base and not a real airport, no food or facilities. After that I never fle…

Thats a decent setup for a Hallmark movie - two travelers stranded and isolated find love through the zaney activities used to pass time in a remote locale.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 06, 2024, 4:25 AM UTC

TylerE wrote: post #23

carbocation wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The nomenclature is interesting. In my mind, a "depressurization event" would imply that the biggest problem was the depressurization. In other words, that there was not a big gaping structural hole. If there can be a big hole in the plane and we can call that a "depressurization event", I would like to advocate for changing how we describe this.

Aviation is very careful to use specific phraseology. It's a Big Deal(tm) to avoid ambiguity.