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In-flight Issue Flight AA4908 from NY to Montreal. What happend ? Almost crash ?

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Sep 30, 2009, 2:22 AM

jenna03

Join Date: Sep 2009

Posts: 2

Thanks alot for your response, it's good to look at those tracking log and understand it more. It's good to know you think we were not to the danger point. I can't imagine what it would be to be in the real danger point.

I think what make it more scary, its that they don't tell us whats happenning when we go down like that. I understand they don't have time to talk and explain, but just a little annoucement to say we are not in danger would be recomforting.

But still, I think its gonna take me a little while before flying on a stormy day and be confident that the controller don't make mistakes again.

Thank you

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