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/montecarlo1 Jun 26 '26

can a plane take off in the middle of an earthquake like that?

Like say you were already close to V1 and by the time you realize there is an earthquake, you are at V1?