United 777 Flight Drops Towards Ocean After Takeoff?

[97K15004WD]

https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/united-maui-dive-ua1722-close-call/

First I've heard of it. Anyone else?

Good thing the crew had a lot of hours under their belts. Over 25,000 hrs reported by the article.

 

[ls1mike]

All those years going to sea on submarines and I am a nervous flyer. There are more airplanes in the ocean than there are submarines in the sky.
It is a control thing for me.

I bet that was a bit of a scary ride...I would need a drink...maybe 4.

 

[PiperOne]

Sounds pretty ugly. You'd think in this day and age of social media that this would have surfaced. Coming within 800 feet of the ocean in a plane sure warrants a post or two more than "here's what I had for lunch". Wonder if this is a data glitch with the tracking info? Gotta think the pilots woulda said something too.....at least reporting back a downburst or something (if only to cover up if they made a mistake?).

@ls1mike , more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky..........great line and made me laugh!!

 

[MRC01]

I would think if this actually happened (it's not a data quality issue), passengers would have posted to social media. The article says the pilots reported it and got additional training, so maybe it did happen but the ADS-B data exaggerated the altitude loss. If so, it wouldn't be the first time someone hit the wrong switch (autopilot, trim, whatever) leading to an unintended pitch excursion, or loss of situational awareness on entering the clouds.

 

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

The passengers were prolly scrolling through social media Super Bowl party eats posts and what Rhiannnna will do at half time.

 

[tyman]

I read an article on it earlier today....interesting.

 

[john_pifer]

The article I read, stated that the aircraft was subjected to 2.5 G on the pull-up.

I am interested to hear some of our airline pilots here comment on this.

@Astro14

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[MRC01]

It's worth mentioning that the article says 2.7 G according to "two people familiar with the incident" but not where they got that figure. If that figure was derived from the ADS-B data, it's an approximation. For small airplanes, "normal" category is +3.8 / -1.5 G which is the minimum standard. Others like "utility" are higher. But this does not apply the big airliners.

The passengers were prolly scrolling through social media Super Bowl party eats posts and what Rhiannnna will do at half time.

This was back in Dec 2022. But whatever the passenters were doing, 2.7 G would get their attention and scare the crap out of them. That's what you feel on a roller coaster, not a commerical flight.

 

[Al]

The passengers were prolly scrolling through social media Super Bowl party eats posts and what Rhiannnna will do at half time.

It was a couple months ago