Keep your seatbelts fastened. Snugly.
Another Boeing airplane (777 this time) exhibited a sudden altitude drop during turbulence over SE Asia. One passenger with a heart condition died; seven are in critical condition.
In March, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner lost elevation on a flight from Oz to NZ. Reportedly an uncovered cockpit switch was involved. Boeing “recommended that airlines inspect the cockpit seats the next time they perform maintenance on their 787s”.”
@kegill Non-Boeing airplanes aren't immune to turbulence either.
In this case, the plane and its manufacturer are irrelevant. The weather is at fault.
And the "rapid descent" was intentional, to get out of the rough air, not a second problem.
@kegill Yes, all of that is true. But it doesn't mean we should rush to blame them for problems that aren't their fault.
@LouisIngenthron
The Australia-New Zealand flight appears to be either a design flaw or poor quality build. I could not find current and official update.
We won’t know that this was intentional until there is an official report.
Airbus does not have a record of lousy quality NOR management like old MD executives.