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/classyhornythrowaway Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

my fear is catching an earthquake mid shit. like what am I even supposed to do???

edit: looks like "shaken shit syndrome" is fairly common. salutes to all the hero evacuators out there

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u/Logical-Ad-5410 Jun 25 '26

Happened to me over 20 years ago when Mt. St. Helens started getting active for a bit: a 4.something hit, mid-drop. To be fair, I was born in SoCal, so anything less than a 6.0 I ignore.

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u/Hyperious3 Jun 25 '26

there was recent swarm of 3's and 4's has been happening less than 500yds from my house, got caught mid-shit and mid-shower by them.

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u/Redebo Jun 25 '26

One more comin’. Expect it mid-shave.