Qantas plane makes emergency landing at SYD

[Quickstatus]

Apart from a bang and a shake until the engine is shut down, Im not sure there is anything else that the passengers would have felt that was untoward.
How would passengers know whether the altitude change, speed change was normal or abnormal?. They dont have an altimeter or speedometer at theyr seat but even then how would they know?. I suppose if the passenger was a very frequent flyer on that particular route, they might have noticed a departure from the usual flight profile. However, as most passengers don't even pay attention to the safety briefing especially the frequent flyers, I doubt they would even know that the flight profile was different from the last one.

 

[RooFlyer]

Apart from a bang and a shake until the engine is shut down, Im not sure there is anything else that the passengers would have felt that was untoward.

Do you need much more? Those on the window behind the engine would have seen the flames.

How would passengers know whether the altitude change, speed change was normal or abnormal?. They dont have an altimeter or speedometer at theyr seat but even then how would they know?. I suppose if the passenger was a very frequent flyer on that particular route, they might have noticed a departure from the usual flight profile.

If you were on a window, I don't think you'd have to have done too much flying to realise the climb was 'off'. Certainly wouldn't have to be a 'very' frequent flyer, I think.

However, as most passengers don't even pay attention to the safety briefing especially the frequent flyers, I doubt they would even know that the flight profile was different from the last one.

I don't think the two are connected, but again, doesn't take much experience to realise that the plane isn't going up much, and there is a city almost in front of it.

 

[Quickstatus]

Those on the window behind the engine would have seen the flames.

True, and there are other issues sitting in that location.
But if you didn't look out the window, I don't think there would be much indicia.

 

[p--and--t]

Apart from a bang and a shake until the engine is shut down, Im not sure there is anything else that the passengers would have felt that was untoward.
How would passengers know whether the altitude change, speed change was normal or abnormal?. They dont have an altimeter or speedometer at theyr seat but even then how would they know?. I suppose if the passenger was a very frequent flyer on that particular route, they might have noticed a departure from the usual flight profile. However, as most passengers don't even pay attention to the safety briefing especially the frequent flyers, I doubt they would even know that the flight profile was different from the last one.

From observing some passengers over the years, Im willing to bet theres a strong possibly at least one or more in board didn't even realise they were landing back in Sydney.

Ive been on a plane when they were about to close the doors and there was an argument between 2 passengers about who was sitting in “my” seat.

One of the passengers was on the wrong plane to the wrong destination.

 

[Dmac59]

One of the passengers was on the wrong plane to the wrong destination.

Surely this wasn't in Oz

 

[p--and--t]

Surely this wasn't in Oz

It was. Two planes boarding without aerobridge passenger joined wrong queue on tarmac.

There are also those passengers who board put on their NC headphones, ignore the safety briefing and announcements, close their eyes and tune out until landing.