Jun 29, 2019, 9:26 am
EWR reopened after shutdown; UA 2098 emergency landing; expect delays 29 June 2019
Jun 29, 2019, 9:04 am
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Wow, glad everyone is safe. Kind of concerning ... second incident in such a short period of time and UA is down another aircraft in an already tight situation, that can’t be good.
Jun 29, 2019, 9:13 am
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Just talked to someone on the plane. He said he could not tell if an announcement was made that there was an emergency, he didnt hear any announcement to prepare for landing, either. He said, he felt some real bad turbulence (that was actually the landing) and then the first thing he hears is..."Get off the plane now!", using the slides. He said people were trying to take carryons on the slides. Glad everyone is okay. He says theyre in a United Club waiting on a new flight. If no announcement was made to the pax prior to landing, or the attendents didnt wake up the pax to ensure they were ready for it, it must have been a reasonably serious.
Jun 29, 2019, 9:29 am
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Just talked to someone on the plane. He said he could not tell if an announcement was made that there was an emergency, he didnt hear any announcement to prepare for landing, either. He said, he felt some real bad turbulence (that was actually the landing) and then the first thing he hears is..."Get off the plane now!", using the slides. He said people were trying to take carryons on the slides. Glad everyone is okay. He says theyre in a United Club waiting on a new flight. If no announcement was made to the pax prior to landing, or the attendents didnt wake up the pax to ensure they were ready for it, it must have been a reasonably serious.
Don't FAs yell brace in an emergency landing? At the very least, passengers should have been told to raise seats backs, put away tray tables, and fasten seat belts tight. FAs should also have tried to pick up breakable service items and secure carts, etc. to the extent that there was time to do so.
Jun 29, 2019, 9:29 am
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Jun 29, 2019, 9:46 am
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Apparently a couple of tires popped during the landing.
Jun 29, 2019, 11:12 am
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Don't FAs yell brace in an emergency landing? At the very least, passengers should have been told to raise seats backs, put away tray tables, and fasten seat belts tight. FAs should also have tried to pick up breakable service items and secure carts, etc. to the extent that there was time to do so.
Jun 29, 2019, 11:33 am
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Jun 29, 2019, 11:56 am
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CNN has a story quoting another passenger who was fully alert saying "we were flying really low after takeoff, and then, we just landed". It seems to me that the other passenger appeared to be surprised that there was an emergency or a landing as well.
As far as I can tell, none of this means UA did anything wrong, but I did think the lack of effective communication was interesting or may have pointed to a more serious concern on this emergency than it turned out to be.
He said to not even be aware of a landing, then have the first communication that he heard was..."Get off the plane, Now!" made for an interesting Saturday morning.
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Jun 29, 2019, 12:03 pm
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Don't FAs yell brace in an emergency landing? At the very least, passengers should have been told to raise seats backs, put away tray tables, and fasten seat belts tight. FAs should also have tried to pick up breakable service items and secure carts, etc. to the extent that there was time to do so.
That said, I'd be amazed if there wasn't at least an announcement that they were returning and to prepare for landing.
UA2098 is back in the air and due to arrive into IAH ~5 hours late - obviously on a different aircraft.
Jun 29, 2019, 12:07 pm
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Looks like UAL1591 was the last one in, but no idea if they're the emergency.
Jun 29, 2019, 12:09 pm
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They started descending a little over 3 minutes after take-off. I'd be fairly sure the FA's never got out of their seats, let alone carts/etc.
That said, I'd be amazed if there wasn't at least an announcement that they were returning and to prepare for landing.
UA2098 is back in the air and due to arrive into IAH ~5 hours late - obviously on a different aircraft.
That said, I'd be amazed if there wasn't at least an announcement that they were returning and to prepare for landing.
UA2098 is back in the air and due to arrive into IAH ~5 hours late - obviously on a different aircraft.
Jun 29, 2019, 12:13 pm
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Jun 29, 2019, 12:32 pm
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By 15 minutes into a flight you've got numerous people with reclined seats, try tables down, etc, plus people starting to get out of their seats to get their laptops or go to the restrooms (even with the seatbelt sign on). For an emergency landing it's also normally SOP to have ALL electronics/etc put away (including phones/tablets), and potentially to remind people about the brace position.
Not making at least some form of announcement would be a major miss on the part of the cabin crew.