Passengers aboard the LATAM flight said the Boeing 787 Dreamliner plunged earthward while flying from Sydney to Auckland on Monday evening, slinging unrestrained travellers out of their seats and smashing them into the roof of the cabin.
The Chilean airline said Tuesday it was working with authorities to unravel the unspecified "technical event", the latest in a string of safety incidents to plague US airplane manufacturer Boeing.
for goodness sake HOW LONG does it take to say that the seat moved ?
thereby dispelling worrying rumours of total gen failure ,screens going black etc!
it was said earlier that ‘it isn’t done that way’ and obviously a thorough investigation is vital but common sense says that a short interim statement would be in everyone’s interest!
PS looking at the seat fully forward position would it not be possible for the pilot to ‘spread his knees wide ‘ so that he would not hit the CC ? Would he have time ? How fast does the seat move ? Or was he getting in or out?
Last edited by mahogany bob; 17th Mar 2024 at 10:25.