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Pilot Pete Cappio Says Turbulence Alone Will Never Take Down an Airplane
Pilot Pete Cappio
Nobody Likes Turbulence …
But It Can’t Take Down A Plane!!!
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TMZ.com
Flight turbulence might have you longing to land, but it can’t actually bring down an airplane … so says pilot and reality star Pete Cappio.
We had Cappio on “TMZ Live” Friday … and, we had to ask him about the recent incident where 25 people were hospitalized after intense turbulence threw them around the airplane cabin.
🚨 Delta Flight DL56 (A330‑900) from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam hit intense turbulence midair, forcing an emergency landing in Minneapolis
—275 passengers, 13 crew
—25 hospitalized
—Food carts & passengers violently thrown
One of 2025’s worst turbulence cases#Alerta #earthquake pic.twitter.com/Gy9Gl6HATh— GlobeUpdate (@Globupdate) July 31, 2025
@Globupdate
Cappio says, while this video is jarring, people shouldn’t assume the whole airplane would go down because of an event like this … ’cause planes are made to withstand even the most powerful turbulence.
In fact, Cappio explains, the biggest issue to passenger safety is exactly what happened in this incident … flying debris and unbuckled seatbelts leading to a whole lot of injuries.
Cappio also sticks up for Boeing a little here … arguing that he wouldn’t get onboard one every other week and fly them if they weren’t able to handle turbulence — though he does admit the company’s had its issues recently.
Sounds like turbulence isn’t anything to freak out about … though some passengers may still pray for solid ground when getting jostled around up in the air.
Catch the full interview on “TMZ Live.”