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17. My flight landed without incident and was taxiing, but the pilot had to slam on the brakes

Fri May 26, 2023, 03:14 PM

May 2023

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and explain to us that there was already a plane in the gate to which we had been directed.

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Yikes! deurbano May 2023 #1

Harrowing Marthe48 May 2023 #2

from article DENVERPOPS May 2023 #3

Yep Marthe48 May 2023 #4

The pilots at the time DENVERPOPS May 2023 #9

I wasn't aware then Marthe48 May 2023 #11

Bingo DENVERPOPS May 2023 #13

Why do so many of you qualify "religious" and "evangelicals" ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #19

My initial impression is that it's pilot error Major Nikon May 2023 #6

Have you watched the series on the Smithsonian channel DENVERPOPS May 2023 #10

I work as a professional pilot Major Nikon May 2023 #12

I am sure that pilot DENVERPOPS May 2023 #20

Possibly, but there's no way it gets forwarded to FSDO for action Major Nikon May 2023 #22

So the abortion saved lives eh? GreenWave May 2023 #5

That sounds like a "whoopsie" to me. COL Mustard May 2023 #7

I bet Cherokee100 May 2023 #8

Here's the audio and recreation Major Nikon May 2023 #14

I appreciate the detailed description tonekat May 2023 #18

SouthWest is the Swift Trucking Company of the skies Snooper9 May 2023 #15

"Two to one, they make it accross before the other planes land." Wonder Why May 2023 #16

I stopped flying them after a couple times... Mark.b2 May 2023 #21

"I'm gonna give you a number to call" - A pilot's worst nightmare. Oneironaut May 2023 #23