{"id":19283,"date":"2024-03-12T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/usair-flight-5050-cabin-crew-perspective\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T21:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:00:12","slug":"usair-flight-5050-a-cabin-crew-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=19283","title":{"rendered":"USAir Flight 5050: A Cabin Crew Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was September 20, 1989. At 14:00, the crew reported for duty at Baltimore – Washington International Airport to fly the Boeing 737-400<\/a> to LaGuardia Airport, New York. The flight was delayed due to bad weather and finally landed at 20:40. They were expected to fly onward to Norfolk, Virginia, but the dispatcher canceled the flight and unloaded the passengers. The next plan was to fly to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, North Carolina empty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking back at a story of inexperience and a silent aftermath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[676,396,496,675,408,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accident","category-aircraft","category-cabin-crew","category-flight-attendant","category-history","category-safety"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t