Originally Posted by flyingfox
Why the instant fury at the passengers and journos who use their 'own words' to describe an aviation incident. They don't know the terms, procedures and lingo. If a passenger describes a standard emergency descent as a 'plunge', then fair enough. Compared to normal profiles it is something of a 'plunge'. Use your own knowledge to decipher the 'code'. The worlds not going to end over an over excited report. Some of the passengers would have been somewhat agitated.
I have no problem with passengers making mistakes. I do object to reporters editorialising and using phrases like "the pilot struggled to maintain control as the plane plummeted over 6000 metres". Thanks Channel 9 - that was completely unneccessary.