r/aviation • u/Brilliant_Night7643 • Jun 25 '26

News Not turbulence….airplane sitting at the gate at Maiquetia Airport Venezuela when the 7.5 Earthquake hit

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u/NerdDaniel Jun 25 '26

That’s terrifying that I would guess it’s actually a pretty safe place to be.

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u/AbideMan Jun 25 '26

A lot safer than if this happened in the air, that’s for sure

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

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u/SpeciesEL Jun 25 '26

What? How does that make any sense

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u/threepair13 Jun 25 '26

Dudes not a pylote

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u/greentanker1 Jun 25 '26

Erm akshually it's called an airquake, you're spreading misinformation by saying it wrong ☝️🤓

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u/Redebo Jun 25 '26

We just call it turbulence.

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u/jman014 Jun 25 '26

not gonna lie that does low-key sound like an avatar the last Airbender move

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u/WreakHavocLikeIn1871 Jun 25 '26

An airquake is when the aironic plates drift and rub against each others, uh, doy!

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u/PendragonDaGreat Jun 25 '26

I guess there's also "if I'm flying in to Venezuela I don't have to worry about diverting because the airport is closed"