General Aviation

Re: Worst Flight Experience?

airbus228 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:21:10 GMT

I have one to share too. That is a horrible flight experience. The flight was on Northwest and it was from Orlando to Detroit. Somewhere over Kentucky the entire plane dropped what must have been almost 8000 feet after running through an air pocket quite quickly. Everyone's stuff went up into the air, people were vomiting, and everyone was either screaming or praying.. At the last minute the plane began to climb and level off. I know this kind of stuff occurs quite frequently but I think it was the longest I've ever been in practically zero g on a commercial aircraft. The only comparable situation would of been a flight from LAX to Tokyo where we were over the Pacific and similarly hit an air pocket and fell nose down for thousands of feet.

Re: Worst Flight Experience?

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Re: Worst Flight Experience?

andyP — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:22:23 GMT

Hands down worst flight ever for me was in the back of a C-130 heading to IZ in triple digit heat wearing kevlar sitting thigh to thigh with my seatmates on a bench (not a seat) Pitch was maybe 20 inches or so. Fairly loud, had a hard time sleeping and wouldn't know if AC was on or not. FA's never came by. Landing was like a carnival ride from hell.

Worst Flight Experience?

bnhernandez324 — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:57:17 GMT

I am currently not a pilot but I have always been fascinated with flying. That is probably why I was a flight attendant for a little bit! As a flight attendant I remember one flight were out of no where we hit some major turbulence and I was in the back galley. Luckily I had just secured the food carts and was getting ready to do a walk through...but I was thrown around like rag doll. Then the fasten seatbelt sign went on. I was terrified because there was not even a possible warning from the pilots. So My whole reason for posting this is I am curious of what everyones scariest flight experience was. Whether you were a pilot, co pilot, passenger whatever!! I am just curious. People do not get scared by these stories because they are very rare and it is safer to fly in a plane than drive a car.