West Seattle Blog...

WSB Forum » Open Discussion

1. JayDee
   Member Profile

   I heard it above us, saw it exit the cloud deck at 800-1000 feet and pivot to the N over Alki. That was a tad close...hope he wasn't having trouble. I am at 200 feet and could easily see the wingspan as it went by...

   Posted 5 months ago #         

2. bsmomma
   Member Profile

   

   We heard it too! I was bracing myself. That was to close for comfort........"legal" or not!

   Posted 5 months ago #         

3. Anonymous
   Member Profile

   Our fearless & ever thorough WSB reporters ... do you happen to have any information on why the plane was flying so low? My son and I were outside and he thought the plane was going to crash ... I didn't tell him this but ... I thought it was going to too. Thank goodness I was wrong! Nonetheless ... it was quite eerie how low it was flying.

   Posted 5 months ago #         

4. WSB
   Member Profile

   

   Nope. Was offline at the time, though since we're in the south end, we wouldn't have heard/seen it ourselves anyway. Any hint of what type of plane would help if I can find someone w/whom to inquire tomorrow ... TR

   Posted 5 months ago #         

5. Anonymous
   Member Profile

   I am going to sound dumber than a rock but ... it looked like a commercial plane. I just saw the belly of the plane and it appeared to be whitish in color.

   Posted 5 months ago #         

6. ensignmarvin
   Member Profile

   

   I saw it too! At first I heard it, so eerie, sounded like a high pitch whine. Then saw the plane way too low turn and head north in the fog.

   I was staying at a house on the hill between Orleans and Admiral without a computer, and have never seen or heard one that big that close.

   Brought to mind the plane in Speilbergs war of the worlds.

   Posted 5 months ago #         

7. Gina
   Member Profile

   

   Yup, heard it, didn't see it. Figured from the sound that it was a cargo jet taking the turn too tight and low for Boeing Field. Glad to hear that something bad didn't occur.

   Posted 5 months ago #         

8. JanS
   Member Profile

   

   yep, heard it , too, thought it sounded odd at the time, then it just went away...

   Posted 5 months ago #         

9. JayDee
   Member Profile

   The weird thing was the jet was crossing east to west before banking over to the north. At that height I would have guessed Boeing field, but a pretty big "opps" if that is where it was going. I guessed at 1000 feet in altitude but it wasn't much higher -- I heard the whine that ensignmarvin mentioned easily through my double-pane windows.

   Posted 5 months ago #         

RSS feed for this topic

Reply

You must log in to post.