I've had a landing with strong crabbing, seemd like nearly 40degrees. But the wind was very consistent if strong so it was actually a very smooth landing, just very strange to see.
Worst turbulence you've experienced?
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I've had a landing with strong crabbing, seemd like nearly 40degrees. But the wind was very consistent if strong so it was actually a very smooth landing, just very strange to see.
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Flew back from NYC the other day into Heathrow and it was a bit choppy on the way in to Heathrow including a lightning strike on the plane! Captain came over the tannoy to settle a few folk down as there was one guy freaking out when the lightning hit the plane and there was a very large flash and cracking noise which captain said was completely normal and nothing to worry about!
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Flying into Newcastle one night, the weather was awful and we'd been flung about the place for about twenty minutes leading up to landing. Heading for the runway there was a moment when everyone was flung up against their seatbelts, a moment of feeling almost weightless and then SPLAT, we hit the runway with a loud bang - it felt like we left the ground for a second or two, and then we hit the runway again and it all returned to normal - apart from someone sobbing a few rows behind me. There was a round of applause when a relieved-sounding pilot welcomed everyone to Newcastle 
Well actually it could have done. 1000ft may or may not be 100% accurate, but it is certainly possible
.One incident, and another
Personally, I've only experienced mild turbulence which isn't too bad (and I'm not complaining about
).Thunderstorm over India, got very bumpy for quite a while, got to admit i got a little nervous when i looked out the window and saw lighting strike the engine. Only time when on an airplane i was a little nervous
The one entering the gulf jet stream on the way to Boston was far less but quite a few people screamed on that one, i was just busy eating a biscuit to care. Not like there much you can do to ensure your survival when a plane falls out of the sky
The one entering the gulf jet stream on the way to Boston was far less but quite a few people screamed on that one, i was just busy eating a biscuit to care. Not like there much you can do to ensure your survival when a plane falls out of the sky
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Malta to Bristol around ~8 years ago. Just passed the south French coast and the plane went mental all the way back to Brizz. As we were landing, you could see the runway out the window, next the sky (and nothing else). Rince, repeat, until we landed sort-of sideways, with a rapturous applause when we came to a halt. I absolutely bricked it the entire way as I was having a very nervous time with flying.
This, last yr flying to and from Australia...dear god the amount of turbulence we hit especially flying to Australia was pretty horrendous and im not a very good flyer, quite nervous in fact so that didnt help.
We did a pocket of bad turbulence in the A380 that i was flying in, must have dropped a good thousand feet in a matter of seconds.
All i know is that i was praying and hanging on for dear life lol.
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Not turbulence as such, but flying back from Malta to Bristol in November when we had the particularly bad storms and floods 4 years ago. It was so windy that the plane was literally landing sideways, ie I could see the end of the runway from my window seat. Props to the pilot.
Was I on your flight?
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Was I on your flight?
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sticking my head in the case with the gpu's at full load was the worse for me.
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I can never tell if we have turbulence , I normally get myself so drunk and high on Valium that I can't remember Jack - it's the only way to fly .
Ascension Island to Mount Pleasant airport, the Falklands.
It felt like the wings were going to snap off. We were about 1000 miles from the Falklands when we had to turn around and fly 3000 miles back to Ascension because the aircraft was already flying outside of its supposed capability and things were only getting worse.
What do I win?
It felt like the wings were going to snap off. We were about 1000 miles from the Falklands when we had to turn around and fly 3000 miles back to Ascension because the aircraft was already flying outside of its supposed capability and things were only getting worse.
What do I win?
Ascension Island to Mount Pleasant airport, the Falklands.
It felt like the wings were going to snap off. We were about 1000 miles from the Falklands when we had to turn around and fly 3000 miles back to Ascension because the aircraft was already flying outside of its supposed capability and things were only getting worse.
What do I win?
The medal that fell out your backside?
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Flying into Narita was rather bumpy last time I was in Japan as there was the tail end of a typhoon still going through (fortunately not as bas as their recent ones). There were quite a few worried people on the plane, though personally I just wanted to land and get to the hotel as I'd been awake for ~24hrs and was knackered.
Flying I don't have an issue with .... I really dislike airports though ....
Flying I don't have an issue with .... I really dislike airports though ....
I am a nervous flier and I fly so infrequently I can nearly remember every flight I've been on.
My only experience of turbulence was on my first ever long haul flight. Flying over the Persian gulf in an Emirates 777, it started with a very sudden drop that lifted peoples drinks a few inches off their tables (and caused a few muffled screams/exclamations throughout the cabin) followed by a few minutes of smooth flight. Then gradual buildup of turbulence that got to point of throwing open overhead lockers and tossing things around the cabin.
The worst bit was I then had to force myself to board an even longer connecting flight whilst still shaken and ill from the previous one
My only experience of turbulence was on my first ever long haul flight. Flying over the Persian gulf in an Emirates 777, it started with a very sudden drop that lifted peoples drinks a few inches off their tables (and caused a few muffled screams/exclamations throughout the cabin) followed by a few minutes of smooth flight. Then gradual buildup of turbulence that got to point of throwing open overhead lockers and tossing things around the cabin.
The worst bit was I then had to force myself to board an even longer connecting flight whilst still shaken and ill from the previous one