All SkyWest Flights Grounded at Airline's Request, US FAA Says - Anyone know why?

Posted by Big_J@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 16 comments

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krschmidt73@reddit

Is this tied to yesterday’s SkyWest flight that unexpectedly plunged thousands of feet?

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Jmann356@reddit

More info on this? Haven’t heard anything about that

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krschmidt73@reddit

https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/skywest-flight-turbulence-injures-passengers-midair

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That’s associated with the turbulence by the looks of it. 4000fpm descent isn’t anything too outrageous. Little faster than normal but probably just trying to get out of the weather or shear layer. Flight idle descent with the spoilers out will get you close to 5000fpm descent

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krschmidt73@reddit

Ya, it wasn’t the 4000 that caught my eye but rather the additional 25k after! 😱

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Jmann356@reddit

They pass a few airports on the way to Austin. If it was something really serious they most likely would have diverted earlier but hard to say exactly without seeing their actual flight path.

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krschmidt73@reddit

I have heard of planes hitting unexpected turbulence and dropping but the article said something weird that I’d never heard of. Said after the initial 4000 foot drop, it dropped an additional 25k. That doesn’t seem like turbulence to me.

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