Originally Posted by
flyerCO
There's no way you descended at 5000'. 500' per minute is standard. Even a 1000' would be pushing it.
5000' would require the noise be pointed at the ground and we'll outside operating limits.
I just listed the rate that showed up on Flight Aware.
Also, if you drop 20,000' in less than 10 minutes that is well over 500' per minute. That's closer to a 2000' per minute average. Also, I'm not a pilot, and maybe one can weigh in, but I'm pretty sure the standard descent rate on an airliner is closer to 1800' per minute.
At the beginning of the turbulence we were definitely nose down (obviously not straight down) for a good minute. I'm on a lot of flights and I've never seen a nose down at that angle.