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"The plane made a “violent drop” for just a second or two, said Brian Jokat, who was on board Latam Airlines Flight 800. Aircraft tracking information from Flight Aware showed a gap of roughly an hour for which no data was available.
“The plane just dropped,” Mr. Jokat, 61, said. “It felt like coming over the top of a roller coaster and heading down — and then it straightened up immediately.”
A jolt roused Mr. Jokat, who was wearing his seatbelt, from a nap, and in the next instant the plane was in what felt like free-fall. He saw the passenger next to him being thrown up to the ceiling of the plane, and then come crashing back down.
“Anyone who wasn’t in a seatbelt was thrown,” he said. “You could not have not been thrown.”
"The plane, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, was met at Auckland International Airport by 14 emergency vehicles, including seven ambulances"
"Chile-based Latam said the plane, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, suffered a “technical event during the flight which caused strong movement.” It didn’t give specifics.
Jokat, a 61-year-old Canadian, said there was no rumbling like he would have expected with turbulence. After the incident, he said, one of the pilots came to the cabin and said his instrument panel had gone black for a second or two, before lighting back up again. “He said, ‘For that split second, there was nothing I could do,’” according to Jokat."
"Chile-based Latam said the plane, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, suffered a “technical event during the flight which caused strong movement.” It didn’t give specifics.
Jokat, a 61-year-old Canadian, said there was no rumbling like he would have expected with turbulence. After the incident, he said, one of the pilots came to the cabin and said his instrument panel had gone black for a second or two, before lighting back up again. “He said, ‘For that split second, there was nothing I could do,’” according to Jokat."
An EMF field from a passing UFO?
I like that, one of the best speculations yet. I say we run with it.
i guess i was trained in ga to keep your selt belt on, so i have never been one of those to take it off during a flight, commercial or ga. (i don't even go to the bathroom on commercial flights) ((or eat the food, anymore))
Seems a flight attendant hit the seat switch on the pilot’s seat while serving a meal. Seat moved forward causing pilot to hit controls. Boeing has issued alert.
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