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New Zealand to seize black boxes from LATAM Boeing 787 as passengers recount incident
(www.reuters.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2024
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I can only see three incidents with 787 on wikipedia:
This does not looks like a repeating pattern. The Flight 800 was a 300ft drop midair with around 30 to 40 people hitting the ceiling of the cabin and landing in Auckland without further problems. This does not sound 787 related. Just keep your seatbelts on.
The 2024 TCAS incident reads like a near collision based on miscommunication by air traffic control. Not related to the 787 series.
And well the 2013 787 grounding was based on lithium-ion batteries problems and has now been fixed (?).
I would say relax and keep your seatbelts buckled (disregarding what airframe you are on).
They hit the ceiling and landed in aukland? Damn thats one help of a bump.
50 people were injured including crew
10 were sent to hospital
1 is in a serious condition.
True, as it says in the wikipedia I linked. But is has nothing do to with the 787. This could happen to any plane and in fact does happen on many planes in the past and future. A drop because of airpocket and turbulence are very common.
It's the failure to detect and warn people to belt in advance which is the unusual part, and that's what caused most of the injuries.
Is this even detectable ahead of time? The crew has always said to remain buckled while seated from what I remember, even if the seatbelt light is off.
I'm a New Zealander so been on a lot of longhaul. Normally you have seatbelts on whenever you're not roaming around.
However, when there's real turbulence the light goes on and the pilot announces return to your seats and stow away tray tables (if no meals are out). Cabin crew then strap themselves in.
You cant always detect turbulence before you run into it
No, but the severity of this event is unusual enough that it's subject to enquiry.
If it does turn out to be equipment failure (and that seems likely given reports of what the pilot said) it's worth knowing about.
Absolutely, there just seems to be some in this thread (I had assumed including yourself after reading your comment) that believed all turbulence could be detected before hand.