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2023-02-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Every passenger's worst nightmare: United Airlines flight from Hawaii to San Fran NOSE-DIVED 1,400ft during epic storm and came within 775ft of the Pacific in terrifying 45-second ordeal

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A United Airlines flight from Hawaii to San Francisco plummeted in the air and came within just 775 feet of the Pacific Ocean in a terrifying incident.

The previously unreported incident on December 18 follows multiple near-misses at U.S. airports in the last three months.

Just 71 seconds after takeoff from the Kahului Airport in Maui, the United Airlines Flight UA1722 bound for San Francisco reached 2,200 feet began a steep nosedive, according to NBC News and first reported by The Air Current. The ordeal lasted 45 seconds from takeoff till the aircraft stabilized.

A spokesperson for United confirmed the incident and said a formal internal safety report was filed upon landing.

The report comes as the aviation industry faces 'the biggest disaster in its history' after twice in less than a month that a catastrophic collision has nearly happened at a U.S. airport.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Forget to monitor local weather conditions did they ?

Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-14 02:39|| 2023-02-14 02:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder if and when there FAA/NTSB United Airlines Flight UA1722 final report will be released?

Posted by NN2N1 2023-02-14 07:00|| 2023-02-14 07:00|| Front Page Top

#3 A friend was on a Republic Airlines jet years ago and he dozed off during takeoff....he awoke suddendly to no noise (dead quiet).'Pilot forgot to turn on main fuel tank and they fell over 7000 ft.

Posted by crazyhorse 2023-02-14 08:00|| 2023-02-14 08:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like a wind shear.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-02-14 12:59|| 2023-02-14 12:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Juan Browne thinks it’s not unlikely that the autopilot was set for zero altitude and no one figured it out when then plane started a descent after it was switched on. That’s happened before.

Posted by KBK 2023-02-14 15:11|| 2023-02-14 15:11|| Front Page Top

#6 I still like the theory that the Air France 447 crash was dueling joysticks in the cockpit.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-14 15:20|| 2023-02-14 15:20|| Front Page Top

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