Quote:Passengers and pilots on a United Airlines flight bound for Washington Dulles International Airport were in for a sickening surprise Friday, when a windstorm caused severe turbulence.

Nearly everyone on the flight vomited, according to an urgent report filed with the National Weather Service's aviation center.

(03-02-2018, 10:45 PM)ThePaladin Wrote: Another thought involving volcanoes: If a plane flew through an unseen ash cloud, particles could get into the engines and cause engine failure. Depending on the level of damage to the engines, the plane could either get above or below the cloud and continue flying or it could go down.

But volcanoes unrelated makes it sound like though there are volcanoes erupting and there is an ash cloud, that's not what causes the bird to go down. However...perhaps the volcano reference is more about the area of the crash. There are several volcanoes erupting in the Indonesia area, but that's not the only place there are eruptions.

Toilet storm sounds like another way of saying "shit storm." Whatever happens will cause serious problems.

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And this story just popped up on my FB feed:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/Everyone-on-the-Plane-Threw-Up-Wind-Storm-Makes-Bumpy-Ride-for-Dulles-Flight-475661103.html

Quote:Passengers and pilots on a United Airlines flight bound for Washington Dulles International Airport were in for a sickening surprise Friday, when a windstorm caused severe turbulence.

Nearly everyone on the flight vomited, according to an urgent report filed with the National Weather Service's aviation center.

While interesting, not getting a vibe that this is it, although the story mentions the pilots were also affected.

(03-06-2018, 04:59 PM)twiceblessed9 Wrote: Looks like we may have a hit.
A Russian plane crashed while landing in Syra.  All 39 military personnel on board die.  Some sort of technical malfunction is being blames.  
This works well with what we got in our botruns.
Might be a #cametrue.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43305835

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Also, the horse in one of those bot runs above might refer to the Russian military, as in "war horse".

Quote:The pilot was able to free himself, but the passengers were not able to get out - he was taken to the hospital, and is expected to be okay.

Quote:The lone survivor of an ill-fated sunset flight over the Manhattan skyline made a frantic cry for help as his helicopter plunged into the frigid East River with five passengers on board.

“Mayday, mayday, mayday,” said the pilot, identified by police sources as Rick Vance, shouting to air traffic controllers Sunday night. “East River, engine failure.”