B747forever From United States of America, joined exactly 6 years ago today! , 16574 posts, RR: 11 Reply 1, posted (5 years 10 months 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 21374 times:
Is that sound really coming from the passengers ????
Oh god the a/c did not make it to the ground before they began clapping.
MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15722 posts, RR: 47 Reply 3, posted (5 years 10 months 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 21288 times:
The IL96 sounds really quiet....and has a weird spoiler deployment. The pax sounded Latino, and they tend to be some of the bigger offenders
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38498 posts, RR: 80 Reply 5, posted (5 years 10 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 20939 times:
The must be common on the IL-96.
When I flew to Moscow last year on an Aeroflot IL-96, the passengers clapped and cheered very loud like on this plane. It was a long 10.5 hour turbulent flight with people drunk on vodka.
Quoting RussianJet (Reply 4): That is priceless, got to love it. I too might well be doing that when I eventually get to fly on an IL-96 (especially if I'm full of rum)!
Try Cubana.
I've flown them but on an IL-62.
The flight was too short to get drunk on rum. However if I get a long flight on Cubana IL-96 to Havana, I am sure I'll be one of the drunk clappers in a festive mood.
HowSwedeitis From Sweden, joined Jul 2007, 586 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 20363 times:
Man, that sounded like a live studio audience... I wonder where the plane was landing? They sounded all gitty before touchdown, so I agree with LH526; they probably were filled with rum! I remember when an El Al plane almost got hit with a missile over South Africa landed safely at Ben Gurion they were all clapping and singing the Israeli national anthem. However that was more of a sobering moment than this video.
B6ramprat From United States of America, joined Jun 2007, 64 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 20190 times:
I dont see what is so funny or what the big deal is. There clapping, end of story. Maybe they are on vacation, maybe they had a rough flight due to weather and there happy to be on the ground. Point is, who gives a sh*t. Let them clap all they want.
Cybergus From Venezuela, joined Mar 2006, 447 posts, RR: 10 Reply 9, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 20101 times:
Jajaja it has to be a flight from CCS. A big part of Venezuelans have the habit of doing that kind of stuff on a plane. Maybe they were pretty drunk too
Access-Air From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1939 posts, RR: 15 Reply 10, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 19546 times:
Hey guys.....When I flew LOT Polish Airlines over to Warsaw in 2003.... and back to/from Chicgao, on both landings the passenegrs clapped... I asked my Polish friend why they did this and it is to pay respect and appreciaiton for the flight crew for getting them safely to their destination.....So for those of you that think its funny or dorky or even obnoxious, think again..its just a show of appreciation and respect... And now you know!!!!!!!!
AASuper83 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 19546 times:
I was flying into ACV during a hellacious storm one time on a EMB-120, winds about turned the plane over, and it looked like we were going to go in the ocean. We didn't, and at the end of the flight, everyone stood up and clapped. It was one time I didn't mind it.
Sanjet From Canada, joined Mar 2005, 180 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 18451 times:
I love it when people clap after I land the aircraft. Just feels good plain and simple. Better then having nagging people all day complaining that the coffee is too hot in the back.
797 From Venezuela, joined Aug 2005, 1821 posts, RR: 26 Reply 13, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 18160 times:
Hilarious!
That's a 'tradition' in Venezuela. I get ashamed every time I fly in a plane full of Venezuelan people, as when the plane lands, they begin clapping like if they had previously trained!
Funny though, they were either drunk or probably was a gropu of people who like to bust some a$$
cheers
Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous!
SANMAN66 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 609 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 17302 times:
That cheering reminded me of Nov.2003,when I came home on 15 day R&R while serving a yearlong tour in Iraq. The ATA
L-10-11 landed at BWI,and seconds after touchdown,the pilot announced,"Welcome back to the United States"! It sounded as if all of us 200 troops on the flight cheered,what an exciting moment!
Mah584jr From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 495 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 17120 times:
I've definitely found that there is less clapping on American flights than on European flights. I don't think clapping is annoying, but for me as an American it's a very rare thing.
AsstChiefMark From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 17005 times:
I only clap and cheer if we bounce a couple times while landing, hit a downburst, or have to do a go-around. Unfortunately, it's often drowned out by the shrieks and gasps of idiots who think we're crashing.
PipoA380 From Switzerland, joined May 2005, 1591 posts, RR: 52 Reply 17, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 16935 times:
Quoting Mah584jr (Reply 21): I've definitely found that there is less clapping on American flights than on European flights
I hear very little clapping in Europe, i recall hearing some on flights to portugal from time to time, or maybe more on eastern europe flights.
Then again, I just came back from Russia, and on a SU flight between LED and SVO, people did not clap upon landing, and on the LX flight from DME to GVA (packed with mostly russian pax), people clapped... But it was a very shaky flight and I guess that's what happens most of the time with bad weather flights. Turbulence = anxious people = happy to get to the airport
It's not about AIRBUS. it's not about BOEING. It's all about the beauty of FLYING.
AApilot2b From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 567 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 16865 times:
Considering some of the recent problems with the IL-96, I would be clapping too.
Baguy From UK - England, joined Mar 2006, 528 posts, RR: 1 Reply 22, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 13023 times:
I have found that people tend to clap more on a long haul flight, although I think there was alot of clapping at KIX when I went in April because you could feel a strong crosswind when we landed. And they always clap when landing at FNC, it is quite a tricky approach as those who have been there willl know.
Avianca707359B From Colombia, joined Oct 2005, 206 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 11931 times:
Thats it?
You should have seen what went on in the 1980's when Avianca would operate "Lechero" (Milk-Run) flights with 707's on routings like JFK-BAQ-BOG-MDE......By the time you got to the last stop, people were shouting, yes SHOUTING, and singing and whistling and clapping with uncontrolled joy (or was it relief?)
Access-Air From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1939 posts, RR: 15 Reply 24, posted (5 years 10 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 11496 times:
Quoting Avianca707359B (Reply 32): You should have seen what went on in the 1980's when Avianca would operate "Lechero" (Milk-Run) flights with 707's on routings like JFK-BAQ-BOG-MDE.....
I would have loved a "Milk Run on a 707.....
Access-Air
Remember, Wherever you go, there you are!!!!
25 Bcngro: Would have loved the plane had overran the rwy or something after all the clapping lol
26 Superfly: Well there hasn't been a single crash/disaster involving the IL-96. I'd be dancing on the jetway while boarding the flight.
27 Jasond: Absolutely, its quite a traditional thing, people think everything is strange when encountered for the first time, welcome to the global community. G
29 MD80Nut: Actually, when I lived in Puerto Rico, it was common for passengers to clap when the plane landed, wether it was landing in Puerto Rico or a flight fr
30 Kevi747: That sounds very normal to me. I work SDQ trips all the times and Dominicans love to applaud during landing. I find it very endearing and fun.
31 MD80Nut: I've had the same experience every time I've flown into Santo Domingo. I don't see anything wrong with clapping when a plane arrives at it's destinat
32 AAJFKSJUBKLYN: Same thing goes when landing in Puerto Rico...I love it when the flight attendants announce in Spanish: Welcome back to your Island, the Island of Enc
33 JoeCanuck: When I was travelling to Ukraine on a regular basis, passengers clapped every landing. I never had a scary flight...it was just a regular thing. I tho
36 Jasond: And a very satisfying one at that, particularly when you are applauded regularly by large groups of people for doing it well time after time, wish I
37 Pdxcof9: Russians seem to clap more. I came on the DL flight from SVO once into JFK and everyone clapped. Personally, I hate it when people clap. So annoying.
38 A380fo: OMG When i was flying MCO-SJU on DL...Man the approach was very windy and bumpy so the pax were freaking out. most of them were puerto ricans and they
39 Airportmanager: Hahahah! I used to think it was only the ecuadorians who did this. I rmemeber the LH flights coming into BOG or CCS and I used o think. "ohh my god!
40 Dallasnewark: Russians do it quite often as well. I've been on several ZRH-DME, FRA-SVO and LHR-DME segments, and the Russian nationals would clap at touch down.
41 PADSpot: I think the homeland of landing-clappers are PMI-bound flights with a high share of retirees, families and drunk skittles club members. LT A330s on DU
42 Dallasnewark: I was on two DFW-NRT-DFW flights in march and there was not a soul clapping after being in the air for over 14 hours. Mostly business crowds, so I co
43 Cmtehori: ... and I thought it was only brazilians! Now we know it´s mostly latinos and east europeans (which does not mean other people don´t do it). Anyway
44 GOCAPS16: I flew on a Japan Airlines domestic flight MD-87 and the passengers were clapping after landing. Since the japanese people are very private, I do not
45 OA260: True , id feel totally safe on a IL-96. Its more the airlines Id be concerned about and the airlines maintanance standards. The only time ive clapped
46 Mayhem: Most people clapping are inexperienced flyers. When you go on holiday with a charter airline in Europe, you'll always hear them clap (even when return
47 OA260: LOL...it depends what city your in !!! Yes I was thinking the same thing. Does it bug you guys??? Or is it nice to be appreciated???
48 JoeCanuck: What's the big deal? It takes a bunch more skill to land an airliner than to play 'smoke on the water' and we applaud those guys, right...? Clap away
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