United Airlines 777 dives after departure

Re:United Airlines 777 dives after departure by atemerev on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:44PM (#34766733)

I have experienced a dive like this (EasyJet Geneva-Copenhagen, 2013). It was really scary, to say the least. But apparently this is a relatively common situation, and aircrafts are sturdy enough to handle this without any problems.

(Also, one of the reasons to fit your seat belt correctly).

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Re:United Airlines 777 dives after departure by PKop on Sunday February 12, 2023 @04:24PM (#34767157)

It's not necessarily about the plane structurally handling it, but that if it occurs shortly after takeoff, there isn't much altitude to pull out of a steep dive before crashing.

The salient point of this post is how close the plane came (withing a few hundred feet) of impacting the ground.

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Re:United Airlines 777 dives after departure by HL33tibCe7 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @04:19PM (#34767113)

I don’t think it’s “common” and certainly it’s not normal.

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Re:United Airlines 777 dives after departure by noncoml on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:52PM (#34766816)

I don't think the scary part was the dive by itself, but how close it was to hit the ground/sea. Don't think planes are sturdy enough to handle that :D

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