[thaumasiotes]

> I don't think the lack of social media reports is that telling.

Actually, I find it shocking that almost ten seconds of free fall plus many passengers being terrified to the point of screaming would go unmentioned on social media. That's not an experience you forget. :/

[shawabawa3]

> Actually, I find it shocking that almost ten seconds of free fall plus many passengers being terrified to the point of screaming would go unmentioned on social media. That's not an experience you forget. :/

How do you know it hasn't been mentioned on social media? I have like 6 followers I could have posted my harrowing experience and nobody would see it

[trynewideas]

Searching Twitter for tweets with both airport codes SFO and OGG (the Maui airport code) on those dates: nothing

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22ogg%22%20%22sfo%22%20since%3...

For all messages @united with 1722 on those dates: nothing mentioning this incident

https://twitter.com/search?q=%40united%201722%20since%3A2022...

For all messages @united with SFO on those dates: nothing mentioning this incident

https://twitter.com/search?q=%40united%20sfo%20since%3A2022-...

For all messages @united with OGG on those dates: nothing mentioning this incident

https://twitter.com/search?q=%40united%20ogg%20since%3A2022-...

For all messages with the words maui flight on or around those dates: lots of messages about bad weather, turbulence injuries on a Honolulu-bound flight, delays and cancellations, a lot of complaints about sitting on the tarmac for 30-90 minutes waiting for a gate on Alaska Air flights to Maui, and the Hawaii Life Flight helicopter disappearance, but not this incident

https://twitter.com/search?q=maui%20flight%20since%3A2022-12...

[Retric]

That’s a reasonable point. However, while things are more likely to go viral if the original poster has many followers, but it isn’t a hard requirement.

Any of those 6 followers could start things off by sending it to people that follow them at which point it can quickly go exponential.

[brookst]

Keep in mind that Maui in December is insanely expensive. The flight would be skewed older and richer, therefore less social media.

Unless there’s some conspiracy theory, I think it’s just a case of not everything everywhere is live-streamed by influencers (yet).

[gregors]

The news cycle was pretty heavy with the other incident involving unexpected turbulence that resulted in hurt passengers.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/12/18/multiple-injuries-r...

[segmondy]

Even if they did go on social media. It's like a sand in the ocean, not everything on social media get's amplified. Chances are folks were told to put away their electronic device since it was during the takeoff, so no one has a recording. That means a tweet or facebook post with no image or picture? Might get 1 or 2 thumbs up.

[xattt]

People pay for that kind of experience: https://www.gozerog.com/