DL4734 emergency tonight
Sep 8, 2017, 2:51 pm
#31
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On the larger planes the doors can be heavier and the distance to throw the door outside is farther.
Just my guess.
Sep 8, 2017, 3:17 pm
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Sep 8, 2017, 3:27 pm
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Sep 8, 2017, 6:47 pm
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Yes, I've seen the instructions cards saying to place it on the seat, but she definitely told us to throw it outside the plane. She was reading the instructions to us from a paper. She was very calm and professional, but her hands were shaking as she was holding the paper and reading to us.
Sep 9, 2017, 9:51 pm
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Sep 17, 2017, 11:06 pm
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On my second flight ever, when I was 15 and flying alone, I did Los Angeles-St. Louis-Detroit. I believe it was a 757. One of the engines went out and we diverted to Denver. They put me up in a hotel room and in first-class the next day out. That was that. No meal voucher or anything compensation. This would have been circa 1998.