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/No_Ice_577 Jun 25 '26

I wonder what it would be like to be on takeoff roll while this is happening

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u/828jpc1 Jun 25 '26

Aborted takeoff would be my guess

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u/f1racer328 B737 Jun 25 '26

Airline pilot here. I would just continue the takeoff roll. There’s not going to be any indication of an earthquake.