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Extreme Turbulence in Singapore Airlines flight 321

Fear of Landing

The report shows that the real risk is for the cabin crew. A few seconds later, at 07:49 UTC, “all hell broke loose” as passenger Andrew Davies said to CNN. The aircraft diverted to Bangkok, where it landed safely at 08:45 UTC (15:45 local time). Anyway, the seat belt light appeared.

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Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243: Shot Down Over Grozny

Fear of Landing

The crew repeatedly asked for weather at Mineralnye Vody. Please, request weather Mineralnye Vody. Give us vectoring to Mineralnye Vody, and please give us weather Mineralnye Vody. However, the METAR weather reports from Grozny tell a different story. Flight 8243 : All right, proceeding to Mineralnye Vody.

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Mid-Air Collision over the Potomac

Fear of Landing

The CRJ700, registered in the US as N709PS, carried sixty passengers and four crew According to FlightRadar24, the last data received from the aircraft was for level flight at 400 feet. The weather at the time was with a westerly wind with ten miles visibility. There were no survivors.