A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Portland International Airport shortly after takeoff after an evacuation slide deployed in flight...
Passengers told KGW an emergency slide, designed for evacuation procedures, deployed while the plane was still in the air and they could hear it flapping in the wind as the pilot slowly tried to steer the plane back to the airport.
http://www.ktvz.com/story.cfm?nav=oregon&storyID=11640
I hate when that happens.
I once left the passenger seat belt buckle outside and returned immediately when I heard the racket. Imagine something that big getting hit by 250 knots of wind. At least it's not metal.
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