Re post # 966: If this is a direct quote, does no one else find it strange? (Bolding mine):
John Hodock, another passenger on the Tuesday flight, said in an e-mail to CNN: "About 20 minutes after take-off, the plane had a series of compressor stalls on the right engine.
No passenger, unless a pilot himself, would say that the plane had a series of compressor stalls. They would be more likely to say that the engine blew up, caught on fire, exploded, etc.
I can't even imagine CC telling the passenger, "Oh, don't worry, it's just a series of compressor stalls - now eat your pretzels like a good passenger".
Is John Hodcock a real person, or is he a plant by the lawyers looking to make a buck or two?