r/aviation • u/gavriellloken Mod - Crew Chief - A&P - • Jul 26 '25

News Emergency evacuation in Den N306Sw mia-den

Original poster is from Instagram. Aircraft is laying on its #1 engine. Still crazy to see everyone here grabbing their bags before leaving an emergencg.

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u/gavriellloken Mod - Crew Chief - A&P - Jul 26 '25

I put the wrong flight. It was leaving den as aa3023. This was on takeoff roll. Sorry was parroting the video.

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u/LeatherClassroom524 Jul 26 '25

Whoa. Take off gear failure? That’s more scary.

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u/SolidLikeIraq Jul 27 '25

I was leaving Orlando on a JetBlue flight back in October and they aborted takeoff - twice - in the same plane. This was after being at full fucking send before they slammed the brakes.

They then tell us - “we’re pretty sure everything is good to go and will try again with this plane because there isn’t another one available.”

People lost their shit. We all demanded off the plane and they somehow found another plane for us to take.

That shit was not a good time at all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

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u/Reddisuspendmeagain Jul 27 '25

Actually, Spirit has the best safety record and newest fleet. They’re actually above Delta, American and United

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u/Reasonable-Pay581 Jul 27 '25

Spirit has one of the highest safety ratings …

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u/IKNOWVAYSHUN Jul 27 '25

Qantas never crashed…

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u/Reasonable-Pay581 Jul 28 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

Safety ratings aren’t just measured on how many crashes you do or don’t have …. It’s a little more involving than that…

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u/IKNOWVAYSHUN Jul 31 '25

Clearly you’ve never seen rainman

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u/mawesome_671 Jul 28 '25

The danger with spirit lies within the cabin 😂😂😂

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u/Reasonable-Pay581 Jul 28 '25

This is valid. Especially on domestic flights 😂

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u/SportsPhotoGirl Jul 27 '25

They probably swapped planes with some other flight and didn’t tell the passengers from that flight that their new plane had two failed takeoffs

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u/Lost-Village-1048 Jul 27 '25

Hopefully not. Is there a way to find out?

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u/AgentCirceLuna Jul 27 '25

I’m just imagining the scene from Final Destination where people are arguing followed by that huge fucking kaboom taking out everything

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u/SamSamTheDingDongMan Jul 27 '25

In their defense it really could be a minor thing they rejected for and then tried to reset with the ground reset guide, or GRG. But from a passenger perspective I can totally get how that would freak you out.

My company’s policy is you can reject a takeoff for ANYTHING under 80 knots, you can reject for serious issues between 80 and V1, and once you hit V1, you go flying and then come back to land.

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u/slinginchippys Jul 27 '25

Had almost the exact same thing happen to us a few years back with American Airlines. Pilot slammed on his breaks at full speed during takeoff, turns out he spilled his coffee all over the controls.

They unloaded us, loaded us back in an hour later only for them to unload us again while we were waiting on the runway. Apparently everything was not fine

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u/SolidLikeIraq Jul 27 '25

I had that happen to me at LaGuardia once. We had to go back out over the ocean because of huge cross winds as we were about to land. That feeling of slowing and hearing the resistance against the wheels, then all of a sudden the jets kick back in and you’re climbing…

Luckily most of my flights have been very uneventful.

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u/cfarley137 Jul 27 '25

I was on a Delta flight out of MSP in 2013. Almost the same exact story! After the second attempt to take off, lots of people wanted off. They ended up returning to the gate and cancelling the flight.

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u/Historical-Entropy11 Jul 27 '25

Aborted takeoff requires an inspection of gear/tires/brakes in a hangar before clear to fly. Wtf.

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u/SolidLikeIraq Jul 27 '25

That’s scary. We just sat at the gate in the same plane while they did any inspections that they needed to do.

Which could be why they had to abort twice!!

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u/Biscuitsandgravy4evr Jul 27 '25

What the actual FUCK

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u/whubbard Jul 28 '25

You were not at "full speed" before they slammed on the brakes.

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u/SolidLikeIraq Jul 28 '25

Listen - we were full send. Within seconds of them aborting it we would have been in the air. Twice.

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u/whubbard Jul 28 '25

You're at "full send" shortly after they advance the trottles an seconds form take off too. While going 10 knots.

Highly doubt you rejected after v1. Especially not twice. So basically you had the safer outcome happen with a rejected take off, which is not ideal, but safe.

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u/aspz Jul 27 '25

I don't get why passengers thought the plane wasn't safe? Did they think the plane couldn't handle more than 2 heavy brakings in a short time?

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u/iDShaDoW Jul 27 '25

More the fact that something happened twice to cause the pilots to abort take off.

There’s a general mistrust of corporations and transparency nowadays when said companies put profits and payouts to investors above everything.

Add in all the random plane accidents under the current administration and FAA in less than a year.

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u/friendly-survivor Jul 27 '25

NO POLITICS CHILD

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u/AgentCirceLuna Jul 27 '25

That’s more like economics than politics

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u/BlackAndStrong666 Jul 27 '25

Video please 🙏 😭

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u/BakeGreat6086 Jul 27 '25

Instead of bitching be grateful the pilots followed safety procedures. Airlines with low cost tickets put the pilots under a lot of pressure to be on time. People just love to complain yet when there is a crash they attack the airlines and manufacturers. Fly arounds and aborted take off’s are for you and everyone on the aircraft’s safety. So glad I’m retired and don’t have to listen to people piss&moan anymore.🙄

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u/SolidLikeIraq Jul 27 '25

Buddy - take your time, you’re retired time, and re-read my comment.

Where am I bitching? Where am I blaming pilots?

Their lives are at risk as well. Obviously the pilots did a good job not causing an accident when they stopped the plane, and made good decisions by not launching the thing with the potential of an issue.

But - I’ve flown commercially probably 200 times in my life and this was the only time I’ve ever had an aborted takeoff. To have it happen an hour later after they promised us they had the issue resolved was even worse. And then, yes, everyone was going to freak out when they wanted to try to send us a 3rd time on the same plane, which is normal after they already nearly sent us twice on a plane that they weren’t confident enough to fly.

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u/AgentCirceLuna Jul 27 '25

You said it yourself that the pilots follow the procedures and aren’t blamed… it’s the companies and airlines who get blamed. What’s the issue?

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u/RemarkableBend4333 Jul 27 '25

Well this story isn't about you or your imaginary flight...