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MineralMan

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13. I've had a few.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:40 PM

Aug 2025

One time, the flaps failed on a flight into MSP. So, the plane made a flaps-up landing. A bit faster, so some hard braking after touchdown. Another was just after takeoff. We climbed to about 10,000 feet. Then the oxygen masks dropped out and the flight returned to MSP. I had to wait a couple of hours before boarding another plane. Just a delay in getting to LAX.

There have been a couple more, but those were the most memorable. I just shrugged. Nothing else to do. Really.

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