whomper Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Glad this ended up OK 'Terrifying' Trip for USC AP Sports Posted: 2007-10-19 15:15:57 Filed Under: College Football SOUTH BEND, Ind. (Oct. 19) - The plane carrying USC's football team to South Bend plummeted during a severe thunderstorm, forcing the pilot to abort his first landing attempt. "That was terrifying," USC fullback Stanley Havili told a newspaper about the flight. "I thought I was going to die." There were about 125 people, including 82 players, on the chartered flight Thursday night for the cross-country trip for Saturday's game. "That was terrifying," fullback Stanley Havili told the Los Angeles Times. "I thought I was going to die." Some passengers were thrown from their seats by turbulence as lightning crackled around the storm-tossed plane, USC sports information director Tim Tessalone told The Associated Press on Friday. Safety Taylor Mays was screaming. "It was a little bit of a roller coaster drop there for a minute," Tessalone said. "We had some people fly out of some seats. Everybody is fine, but it was a frightening little dip there." The pilot aborted the approach and circled around the storm before landing without incident about 20 minutes later to the relief of the shaken team and the spouses of some staff members also on the flight, Tessalone said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 What losers, LSU's plane never plummets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheikYerbuti Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 What losers, LSU's plane never plummets... No, but Kentucky's plane juuuuuuuuuuust beats them to the runway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Les Miles would have gone for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Soup Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I woulda though USC players would be smarter...flying through a storm and you don't have your seatbelt on...duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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