United flight diverts after slide deploys

[waveflyer]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/30/travel/united-airlines-slide-deploy/

 

[airplane wizard]

A United domestic flight not on an RJ???????

 

[Mercyful Fate]

A United domestic flight not on an RJ???????

Yea, weird huh?

 

[lowtimedriver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQbj9uvYL8I

 

[JumpersAway]

What- and no selfie?!?!?

 

[nimtz]

A United domestic flight not on an RJ???????

Lol so true!

 

[Mach 80]

With a voice of utmost drama and excitement, CNN said the airplane "..descended 20,000' in 10 minutes!".

 

[rettofly]

With a voice of utmost drama and excitement, CNN said the airplane "..descended 20,000' in 10 minutes!".

If distant memory serves, that seems like a normal descent.

I could swear one of the talking heads mentioned 11,000 ft in 12 seconds. now THAT would be dramatic. Mach 1 in the vertical with instantaneous transition from horizontal to vertical and back.