On a Southwest flight from BUF to BWI on a Boeing 737 last night (8:40p.m. departure, delayed to 9:25p.m.), our plane experienced what I can only describe as two brief but sharp free falls.
I'm curious to know when turbulence stops being turbulence and evolves into something more serious - like free fall. For a full two seconds the plane literally fell - people screamed and what happened next surprised me. Nothing.
The captain offered no explanation and neither did the flight attendants. What I thought was most interesting was that the up-beat, camp-counselor attitude of the flight attendants went from chipper to stone cold after this little in-flight "incident."
Sure would like to know what happened on that flight last night...
Thank you,
A very satisfied Southwest traveler
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