Any of you guys drive CRJ-900's?

[Subsea]

If so, and you don't mind me asking, are they always so noisy? I don't mean the engine noise, the landing gear 'bang' or even the ear-melting announcements. I mean that during ascent they make various and regular creaks and what can only be described as cracks/bangs...

I fly as a passenger around 100 times a year and recently my regular airline is employing them for cross North Sea trips. I'm not really a nervous flyer, but last time I personally witnessed noises like this was with Viscounts back in the late 80's and they were all grounded due to cracks being found in that non-essential spar that holds the wings on!

As I usually sit over the wings in the Em Exit seats for legroom, perhaps it's not really apparent elsewhere in the aircraft. The banging seems to come from under the floor, not the exit windows and doesn't sound like freight/baggage settling.

Starting to make me nervous, and I 'know' that's a bit silly but that Viscount experience changed me >thoughts of folded wings - shudder!<

Cheers!

[HeartyMeatballs]

Is it not the cabin trim? During climb and descent on the A320 you'll often hear clicking and banging as the cabin walls, bins, joins and doors etc make a bit of a racket! Its particularly apparant at the front and back of the cabin close to the doors. The doors make a slight clicking noise too. I've never been on one but perhaps it could cause the noises.

The pilots will probably not be aware as its noisier in the fight deck and they will probably have their head sets on too during the climb.

[Subsea]

Thanks for answering!

No, it's not trim, that doesn't bother me at all and I've heard windowns 'settling', trim creaking, trolleys banging and people who clap their hands onto the bubble packs of cutlery to make them 'pop' open - though that really got me first time... This sounds significant and structural - though that, when I read it back probably makes me sound a bit of a 'loon'. :O

Again, it's prob to do with that awful Viscount experience when on 2 ocasions, weeks apart, there was a sound like cables slapping on bulkheads or underfloor on take off that transpired to be the cracks opening and closing, if I recall correctly - just prior to grounding the fleet. :eek: I've tried to find references to that but can't, though it's burned into my memory.

[HeartyMeatballs]

How odd! Hopefully someone who works on one will be able to help. I can't think what it could be!