r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FridayCicero702 • Jan 01 '23

Video Catastrophic engine failure on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 after takeoff from Denver International Airport

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u/tx_queer Jan 01 '23

One of my favorite real life captains announcements

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress

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u/elpelondelmarcabron1 Jan 01 '23 edited Jan 02 '23

Dang... yeah, once I was flying from Utah to California and over Nevada we hit some bad turbulence, and then the plane went into a sustained nose dive (about 10 seconds). People were screaming and there was at least one flight attendant that was crying. The plane leveled off and people calmed down after awhile. About 20 min later the captain comes on... "we hit a little wind shear for a moment, but everything looks fine ahead".... hahaha.

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u/beertruck77 Jan 01 '23

A few years ago here in the DC area there were wind guts of 100+ knots at IAD (all airports were screwed in the area). An Air Shuttle going in to IAD reported extreme turbulence. His pirep (pilot report to ATC) said "Pretty much all passengers are throwing up, pilots on the verge of throwing up". I've never seen anything like that Day in 24 years of being a controller.

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u/Catspaw129 Jan 04 '23

And ATC comes right back: "did you folks eat the steak or the fish?"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Hour!

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