weegegirl 2 #1 April 13, 2007 My nephew, his wife, their brand new baby, and his wife's parents were on this flight last night. They called my brother who is a long time pilot at 1 AM to let him know they were okay. Freaking scary!!! Apparently they decided to land downwind with a pretty stiff tailwind (in a snow and ice storm!). Morons. Glad nobody was hurt! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18069843/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #2 April 13, 2007 Is your nephew's wife the Alison Davis in the interview? I'm glad they're okay. I would be terrified to be holding a baby in my lap during something like that. Thank goodness it was a fairly mild incident. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #3 April 13, 2007 No, that was another lady on the flight. Apparently the flight was delayed because they were waiting for the winds to die down enough for the landing. Yet they still decided to land on runway 28 with a stiff tailwind. Obviously that was a bad decision. Not sure why they would land downwind in a snow storm. I seriously would have flipped inside if I were on that plane. Imagine the feeling when the landing gear fell off and the plane started doing a 360. Holy hell! Yeah... they're lucky everyone was okay! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #4 April 13, 2007 I'm glad everyone is ok.Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #5 April 13, 2007 Quote No, that was another lady on the flight. Apparently the flight was delayed because they were waiting for the winds to die down enough for the landing. Yet they still decided to land on runway 28 with a stiff tailwind. Obviously that was a bad decision. Not sure why they would land downwind in a snow storm. I seriously would have flipped inside if I were on that plane. Imagine the feeling when the landing gear fell off and the plane started doing a 360. Holy hell! Yeah... they're lucky everyone was okay! You have the most intresting things happen to your family.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weegegirl 2 #6 April 13, 2007 ha... not sure if that is such a good thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #7 April 13, 2007 Quote ha... not sure if that is such a good thing. True - but it is interesting conversation.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #8 April 13, 2007 I won't lie, I've always kinda wanted to be on a flight like that. Something crazy without people getting hurt. I love turbulence cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
