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Originally Posted by nikki99
that happened to the TAM in Congonhas in Sao Paulo but they cudn't take off again  |
Scariest experience I have ever had flying was at Congonhas in Sao Paulo a few yrs ago.
A storm was approaching, we had to circle Sao Paulo for like an hour to wait it out.
Then the pilot came on the intercom, said we were running low on fuel and there was and they had been just told there was a small opening with the storm. So we descended super fast, felt like we were scraping the rooftops as we went into land and touched down just for a moment.
Then the plane suddenly went back up and ascended again. It was literally like we bounced off the runway and went right back up. People were screaming and going nuts.
The pilot eventually got on the intercom and said "the storm had caught up to us and we couldn't safely land". We eventually had to land at the Int'l airport in Sao Paulo because it was the only place we could reach without running out of fuel.
Scary shit, especially since this was not that long after the TAM disaster in Congonhas where everyone died on that short runway there.
Moral of story, avoid Congonhas.