Kulula Emergency in GRJ
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Kulula Emergency in GRJ
I heard Kulula had a massive emergency in GRJ, aircraft turned back after explosive depresurization and cabin door popped out. Anyone got any more details.
People at the airport say pax were severely traumatized.
People at the airport say pax were severely traumatized.
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Terror As Jet Falls from Sky
Passengers told of their horror today, as the packed holiday jet they were travelling on, suddenly plunged 20 ft straight down. The Airbus 737 was cruising at 58,000ft, at a speed of 735 mph when, with no warning at all, it appeared to lose control and plummeted towards the earth as the pilots grappled with the controls, struggling to regain control of the aircraft. Mr Eselwene, (56), from Isipingo said that one minute they were flying along normally, then the plane just fell like a stone. " It was absolute chaos in the cabin. People were screaming and one member of cabin crew had to grab the arm of the chair to stop herself tripping. It knocked my glass of coke, clean of my tray!" Mr Eselwenes travelling companion, Ms Nyowopo (24) went on to say, "The plane was full of childrens and babies who were all crying afterwards. Actually, they had been screaming all flight, but they definitely screamed a bit louder when we dropped down so far. I was terrified and I thought we were all going to die!
Early speculation into the cause of this near catastophy, seems to be centering around the possibility of the aircraft having flown into clear air turbulence which is a gap with no air in it, but foul play has yet to be ruled out. The aircraft went on the make a safe landing at George airport, where anxious relatives were waiting to meet the passengers. The aircraft received a thorough check from engineers during the 30 minute turn around. The airline has stated that it can not, at this point, comment on the incident until the full facts have become known, but that a full and frank investigation will take place immediately.
Passengers told of their horror today, as the packed holiday jet they were travelling on, suddenly plunged 20 ft straight down. The Airbus 737 was cruising at 58,000ft, at a speed of 735 mph when, with no warning at all, it appeared to lose control and plummeted towards the earth as the pilots grappled with the controls, struggling to regain control of the aircraft. Mr Eselwene, (56), from Isipingo said that one minute they were flying along normally, then the plane just fell like a stone. " It was absolute chaos in the cabin. People were screaming and one member of cabin crew had to grab the arm of the chair to stop herself tripping. It knocked my glass of coke, clean of my tray!" Mr Eselwenes travelling companion, Ms Nyowopo (24) went on to say, "The plane was full of childrens and babies who were all crying afterwards. Actually, they had been screaming all flight, but they definitely screamed a bit louder when we dropped down so far. I was terrified and I thought we were all going to die!
Early speculation into the cause of this near catastophy, seems to be centering around the possibility of the aircraft having flown into clear air turbulence which is a gap with no air in it, but foul play has yet to be ruled out. The aircraft went on the make a safe landing at George airport, where anxious relatives were waiting to meet the passengers. The aircraft received a thorough check from engineers during the 30 minute turn around. The airline has stated that it can not, at this point, comment on the incident until the full facts have become known, but that a full and frank investigation will take place immediately.
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Decompression, crew turned back, no mess, no fuss.
clear air turbulence which is a gap with no air in it,
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Oh my goodness, where was this published?
20 ft straight down
Must have come close to earth...real close call
Airbus 737
Must be the one from the future, where Boeing and Airbus finally become one.
cabin crew had to grab the arm of the chair to stop herself tripping
Oh no, not the arm! She should have gone for the feet.
knocked my glass of coke, clean of my tray
No, she should have gone for that one
The plane was full of childrens and babies who were all crying afterwards. Actually, they had been screaming all flight, but they definitely screamed a bit louder when we dropped down so far.
So many children that they became childrens, naughty kids, why yelling so loud when the adults is so calm...
into clear air turbulence which is a gap with no air in it
HUH??? a gap without air, becomes air turbulence...HUH?
foul play has yet to be ruled out
Ofcourse, very important, it could have anybody...infact I saw someone the other day in George looking just like Osama, all though it could just as well have been Obama. Unless it was like a chicken that flew so high, and suffocated because it couldn't get air in the gap...
where anxious relatives were waiting to meet the passengers
Yes all the relatives were hanging around GRJ airport half-and-hour later, just incase their family might return...or does Kulula now also let people make phone calls in-flight, probably only when there's emergency.
The aircraft received a thorough check from engineers during the 30 minute turn around
Ok when was this now...the 30mins between normal arrival and departure...or the 30mins between departure and turn-around and arrival again...or the 13hours it was stuck at GRJ eventually...?
I'm actually hoping this is just a joke, and that it wasn't actually a published article, for the journalists sake!
This aircraft came in for the 'emergency' landing straight over my workplace and I saw it...and now I have to admit, the wheels just brushed my hair...I was really scared there might have been a gap somewhere...I tell you that air is lost somewhere now!
20 ft straight down
Must have come close to earth...real close call
Airbus 737
Must be the one from the future, where Boeing and Airbus finally become one.
cabin crew had to grab the arm of the chair to stop herself tripping
Oh no, not the arm! She should have gone for the feet.
knocked my glass of coke, clean of my tray
No, she should have gone for that one
The plane was full of childrens and babies who were all crying afterwards. Actually, they had been screaming all flight, but they definitely screamed a bit louder when we dropped down so far.
So many children that they became childrens, naughty kids, why yelling so loud when the adults is so calm...
into clear air turbulence which is a gap with no air in it
HUH??? a gap without air, becomes air turbulence...HUH?
foul play has yet to be ruled out
Ofcourse, very important, it could have anybody...infact I saw someone the other day in George looking just like Osama, all though it could just as well have been Obama. Unless it was like a chicken that flew so high, and suffocated because it couldn't get air in the gap...
where anxious relatives were waiting to meet the passengers
Yes all the relatives were hanging around GRJ airport half-and-hour later, just incase their family might return...or does Kulula now also let people make phone calls in-flight, probably only when there's emergency.
The aircraft received a thorough check from engineers during the 30 minute turn around
Ok when was this now...the 30mins between normal arrival and departure...or the 30mins between departure and turn-around and arrival again...or the 13hours it was stuck at GRJ eventually...?
I'm actually hoping this is just a joke, and that it wasn't actually a published article, for the journalists sake!
This aircraft came in for the 'emergency' landing straight over my workplace and I saw it...and now I have to admit, the wheels just brushed my hair...I was really scared there might have been a gap somewhere...I tell you that air is lost somewhere now!
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Post of the year Overrun! 
(in the desperate hope that you in fact did type it, and stressing that our local aviation newspaper jurno's have not dropped to even lower heights......)
(in the desperate hope that you in fact did type it, and stressing that our local aviation newspaper jurno's have not dropped to even lower heights......)
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I remember a few years ago (2002) on an old 737 SAA flt into George with a berg wind blowing reported W/V was northerly gusting to 48KT. The young Afrikaans lassy popped her head round as the aeroplane was being knocked around and she said I quote ' everybody stay seated, Maximum Turbulence!!!!!' Unfortunately the lady next to my wife started to cry and I burst into a giggle!
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OK, I fell for it...good job overrun!
what's sad though is that overrun's humor was not so far over the top, or much more absurd than some "news" articles that really have been published!
what's sad though is that overrun's humor was not so far over the top, or much more absurd than some "news" articles that really have been published!