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Scary Ryanair Flight incident
Louie Gleeson
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16-Oct-2009 10:59
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I was going to Paris Beauvais on the Saturday 3rd of October from Shannon, when my fellow passengers and I experienced a horrific ordeal when the plane came into land. Everything was going perfectly on the approach to land and as soon as the plane touched the ground the pilot went full on the power and took off again causing panic and fear in the cabin. We went off into the air again and it was 5 minutes before the pilot even bothered to explain what happened. Apparently a cross wind caught the plane just on landing so he had to take off again. There was not even an apology. Loads of people were hysterical and crying as they did not know what was happening. It is only a matter of time before there is a serious crash with these chancers.
shake
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16-Oct-2009 11:02
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"an horrofic ordeal"
That`s a bit strong.
centreforward
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16-Oct-2009 11:04
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
Apparently a cross wind caught the plane just on landing so he had to take off again. There was not even an apology.
Ryanair don`t control the wind so it`s not their fault. I know some people consider Michael O`Leary to be some sort of God but controlling the wind might be pushing it.
pogger
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16-Oct-2009 11:05
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A bit OTT.Apart from everything else do they not have a very good safety record?You don`t have to use them.What about this for a mad idea?Try another airline.
Louie Gleeson
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16-Oct-2009 11:06
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Originally posted by shake:
"an horrofic ordeal"
That`s a bit strong.
It was horrific, everyone thought the landing gear was gone or something, and no one explained what happened as we were flying around aimlessly for a few minutes, everyone thought we would have to crash land or something and all be killed.
ballygowan
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16-Oct-2009 11:06
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
I was going to Paris Beauvais on the Saturday 3rd of October from Shannon, when my fellow passengers and I experienced a horrific ordeal when the plane came into land. Everything was going perfectly on the approach to land and as soon as the plane touched the ground the pilot went full on the power and took off again causing panic and fear in the cabin. We went off into the air again and it was 5 minutes before the pilot even bothered to explain what happened. Apparently a cross wind caught the plane just on landing so he had to take off again. There was not even an apology. Loads of people were hysterical and crying as they did not know what was happening. It is only a matter of time before there is a serious crash with these chancers.
I think you are overstating the seriousness of what happened here. I was on a Ryanair flight from Dublin to London Stansted four weeks ago and the same thing happened, due to a plane being slow to leave the runway. We had to circle around before landing ten mins later. The pilot explained what was wrong just as we were about to attempt landing for the second time. I can only guess the reasons the pilot didn`t come on to speak to the passengers were a ) he was too busy trying to fly the plane b ) he was talking to air traffic control
blueprint
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
Apparently a cross wind caught the plane just on landing so he had to take off again. There was not even an apology.
The pilot should have apologised for what ?
Not landing when he thought it might be unsafe to do so ??
Louie Gleeson
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16-Oct-2009 11:07
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Originally posted by pogger:
A bit OTT.Apart from everything else do they not have a very good safety record?You don`t have to use them.What about this for a mad idea?Try another airline.
The guy I was sitting beside swears he saw something fall off one of the wings. There must be a big cover up. I`m sorry I did not contact a newspaper straight away. I was shaking for an hour after it.
Jack oSe
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16-Oct-2009 11:13
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Was there a fat hairy guy near you repeating the same numbers over and over??
your title is correct in that im sure it was a scary incident but not a horrific ordeal, maybe landing in the hudson might be that
ScaredOfSoccer
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16-Oct-2009 11:16
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
Apparently a cross wind caught the plane just on landing so he had to take off again. There was not even an apology. Loads of people were hysterical and crying as they did not know what was happening. It is only a matter of time before there is a serious crash with these chancers.
Would you ever get over yourself. The only conceivable gripe I can see that you might have is that you had to wait five minutes for an explanation. Quite why you think you deserve an apology is anyone`s guess I suppose if you`d been on that plane that a pilot managed to crash land into the Hudson river earlier this year, saving 100s or possibly 1000s of lives in the process, you`d have been whining about getting your shoes wet.
shake
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16-Oct-2009 11:22
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
It was horrific, everyone thought the landing gear was gone or something, and no one explained what happened as we were flying around aimlessly for a few minutes, everyone thought we would have to crash land or something and all be killed.
Aimlessly??
I doubt it.
Louie Gleeson
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16-Oct-2009 11:28
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So you guys are trying to tell me, flying around in the air for five minutes and expecting to crash into the runway and die horrifically is not an awful prospect, yeah, some real keyboard warriors on here Ok. There was people crying and people with rosary beads out praying FFS. I suppose it was all a big laugh.
Hold that Line
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16-Oct-2009 11:35
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
I was going to Paris Beauvais on the Saturday 3rd of October from Shannon, when my fellow passengers and I experienced a horrific ordeal when the plane came into land. Everything was going perfectly on the approach to land and as soon as the plane touched the ground the pilot went full on the power and took off again causing panic and fear in the cabin. We went off into the air again and it was 5 minutes before the pilot even bothered to explain what happened. Apparently a cross wind caught the plane just on landing so he had to take off again. There was not even an apology. Loads of people were hysterical and crying as they did not know what was happening. It is only a matter of time before there is a serious crash with these chancers.
That`s not uncommon during landings actually. It`s happened twice to me. Neither time with Ryanair. Once was with BA flying into Sydney and once with Lufthansa flying into Chicago.
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16-Oct-2009 11:36
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Gee, the glass is always half empty with u!!! Haven`t ya had great mileage tellin people all about it!!! Even if ya lost a limb sure twould only make the story better!!!
cantyoupullonit
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16-Oct-2009 11:37
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I wouldnt be too quick to play down what happened. The slightest little rattle on a plane has me worried so an aborted landing would scare the sh1te out of me
shake
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16-Oct-2009 11:39
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Originally posted by cantyoupullonit:
I wouldnt be too quick to play down what happened. The slightest little rattle on a plane has me worried so an aborted landing would scare the sh1te out of me
Well the poster`s probably making it up so it`s hard to feel any sort of sympathy.
FTJC
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
So you guys are trying to tell me, flying around in the air for five minutes and expecting to crash into the runway and die horrifically is not an awful prospect, yeah, some real keyboard warriors on here Ok. There was people crying and people with rosary beads out praying FFS. I suppose it was all a big laugh.
Ah c`mon Louie...it might have been a bit disconcerting but surely when the pilot got finished trying to organise the freakin` plane on an aborted landing due to a cross wind and all that entails with ATC. He then got on the tannoy to his passengers and explained the situation. He then landed the bloody thing at the 2nd attempt.
What is the problem...as mentioned previously Ryanair, Aer Lingus, BA or anyone else cannot control cross-winds on a runway.
This is a dust yourself down and carry on with life moment...not try to make a big "woe is me" deal out of it.
ballygowan
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16-Oct-2009 11:41
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
So you guys are trying to tell me, flying around in the air for five minutes and expecting to crash into the runway and die horrifically is not an awful prospect, yeah, some real keyboard warriors on here Ok. There was people crying and people with rosary beads out praying FFS. I suppose it was all a big laugh.
No but the mass hysteria you experienced was totally unjustified. The guy who saw something falling off the wing is a spoofer.
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16-Oct-2009 11:42
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I would imagine come the second time round of landing if they thought there was a problem they would have asked you to assume crash positions.
While i have no doubt the experience would be unsettling, I would imagine the pilots first reaction would be to ensure he got the plane back up and in position for the 2nd landing and also to swiftly arrange with air traffic control for a rearranged slot for landing before he could calm your frayed nerves.
I would imagine he was more concerned with Michaels anger for the plane being late than your near death experience.
ScaredOfSoccer
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16-Oct-2009 11:44
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
So you guys are trying to tell me, flying around in the air for five minutes and expecting to crash into the runway and die horrifically is not an awful prospect, yeah, some real keyboard warriors on here Ok. There was people crying and people with rosary beads out praying FFS. I suppose it was all a big laugh.
Flying around in the air for five minutes? In a plane? You must have been terrified!!! In your original post, which you went to the trouble of marking with an angry-face icon, you were holding Ryanair responsible for what happened and said: "It is only a matter of time before there is a serious crash with these chancers". You may well have been scared, but you can`t hold Ryaniar accounable for that.
Bill Lee
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
So you guys are trying to tell me, flying around in the air for five minutes and expecting to crash into the runway and die horrifically is not an awful prospect, yeah, some real keyboard warriors on here Ok. There was people crying and people with rosary beads out praying FFS. I suppose it was all a big laugh.
don`t mind them louie, could be a hollywood blockbuster in this.........
"The Plane That Never Landed"
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"The Cross Wind of Doom"
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"French Death Wind"
Louie Gleeson
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Actually that stupid song came on when it landed the second time claiming to have landed on time. I have no doubt they manipulate the flight times so they can always claim to land on time. Turning planes around in 20 minutes is going to lead to a terrible disaster some day.
Louie Gleeson
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16-Oct-2009 11:49
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Originally posted by ScaredOfSoccer:
Flying around in the air for five minutes? In a plane? You must have been terrified!!! In your original post, which you went to the trouble of marking with an angry-face icon, you were holding Ryanair responsible for what happened and said: "It is only a matter of time before there is a serious crash with these chancers". You may well have been scared, but you can`t hold Ryaniar accounable for that.
We were flying around with no explanation as to what happened. Everyone thought the landing gear was gone and that we were going to crash into the runway or a field and explode.
ScaredOfSoccer
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
Turning planes around in 20 minutes is going to lead to a terrible disaster some day.
That much is true. In all the rush they could forget to reload the drinks trolley.
ballygowan
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16-Oct-2009 11:51
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Originally posted by Louie Gleeson:
Actually that stupid song came on when it landed the second time claiming to have landed on time. I have no doubt they manipulate the flight times so they can always claim to land on time. Turning planes around in 20 minutes is going to lead to a terrible disaster some day.
You`re wrong, Ryanair have an exemplary
safety record
and there no reason that should not be expected to continue. They carry something like 68m people each year and never had a major accident. Nuff said.
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