What is the scariest experience you've had while flying, and did it turn you off to traveling by plane?
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One in 1979 TWA flight from Milan Italy to JFK. shortly after takeoff, as plane is still ascending, heard a loud beeping/squeeling buzz/horn(like the one you here in movies when a submarine dives) and stewardess starting running to the rear of the plane. Pilot turned the plane around and landed. I was 12 at the time and the firenginges on the side of the runway were cool. We later learned that one of the 747's engines caught fire, the pilots cut off the fuel for that engine and landed.
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May 2009, was flying from London Heathrow to Rijeka Croatia. the pilot had warned that there was bad weather in Rijeka. When we started descending to prep for landing. we had entered the clouds. then there was a flash of light, and a boom sound. That wasn't as scary as hearing the sound of the engine dying, and then kicking back on again. the pilot brought the plane back over the clouds, and then told us we were hit by lightning and were going to go to Zagreb Croatia.
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It's so cramped in the cabin I had to stick my right arm out the window to hold it shut from the outside. Pilot called emergency to the tower and we made a very short final. He made a slow and smooth landing, since my arm was squeezed in the small window opening.
Pulled off the runway, secured the door, then headed back out.
The confidence in the pilot and how everything was handled gave me no fears. His pre-flight even included the fact that the door may pop open, and what to do. (Note to passengers...you won't spontaneously fly out of the plane. Just follow the pilot's instructions as if he were R.Lee Ermey. Tighten your seatbelt and grab the seat, and slooooowwwwwlllly reach for the door.)
My worst experience was watching a plane crash on the side of the 5 freeway on Camp Pendleton. Me and dozens of others pulled over and helped rescue three from the terrible wreck. My only lesson from that: don't talk to newspapers. They only print what they think is interesting. And you get flack for being part of a fluff piece.
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M$This is a term used to describe how sharply a particular aircraft would decend if it lost all power suddenly. See, the engines are only to move the plane forward through the air. If all power was lost, the plane could still be safely glided down to a safe landing because that's how planes are designed. Some planes have a wonderful glide slope, such as single engine private aircraft. If you lose power in one of those, you need only pick out a nice field or secluded roadway to lay her down and it wouldn't effect the landing much because you would be gliding in at such a nice gentle slope. In commercial aircraft, the planes are heavier, but also have more surface area on the wing, which means the plane could still be glided down to the ground, but at a steeper angle, but not so steep you are surely to die in a horrible, fiery crash. Not at all! As long as you have a place to land it, any plane that loses power can be glided safely to the ground.
This is supposed to make you all feel better. Hope I accomplished that.
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Touche! You are correct buttonpusher. It just seems that a lot of people feel that once a plane loses power, it just nosedives into the ground like a missile. I was trying to dispell that myth. You are right, however, with enough power you can get anything to fly, a brick, a washing machine.
I beg to differ, f-4 or phantom 4's are proof that with enough power you can make a brick fly.
I've had a lot scarier experiences on bicycles than planes.
I had just enjoyed 3 days at Oktoberfest in Germany.
I was on a small plane headed to Prague that was filled with similarly hung over people. Hung over is perhaps to light of a term for what I was experiencing after 3 days of drinking. By the look of the other passengers on the early flight, they were wondering the same thing.
About 30 minutes into the flight, I was pleasantly resting.
With no other turbulence, the plane fell. It didn't just dip a bit and the nose didn't turn down, it literally just dropped.... far. I hit my (already swore) head on the overhead, was stunned and a bit nervous while the flight crew scrambled to seats and we wondered what had happened.
The pilot announced that we had somehow got caught in the wake of another plane and as a result, lost altitude. Needless to say, my seatbelt remained fastened and I took special note of the emergency exits.
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And for $2.00 more I can get a Shot with my Beer :O)
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He already had a fear of flying, but some pilots in the far east can make you downright terrified. I believe they were landing in Indonesia and when the plane landed, THE FRONT WHEEL OF THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN FIRST!!!! Yeah, the wheel that comes out near the nose of the plane was the first thing to touch the ground!!!! It was the roughest landing he said he ever went through, but amazingly the front wheel didn't break off!!!
Another friend was flying through a thunderstorm when a huge bolt of lightning hit the wing of the plane. She was in the window seat on the side of the plane that was hit. They made an emergency landing and after 15 minutes the pilot came on saying that there was a "6 inch Exit Wound" on the wing of the plane and they would be assessing the possibility of canceling the flight. After 2 hours on the tarmac my friend witnessed the ground crew DUCT TAPE THE 6" HOLE CLOSED and then had to hear the pilot say that the plane was ready to fly again!!! I can't imagine how the second half of that trip must have felt.... terrifying I'm sure!
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That's one of the reasons I hate flying so much. Cars are technically more dangerous, sure, but if there's a problem while I'm driving, I know how much experience I have and whether or not I can handle it and, if I can't, I stop the car and pull over, not put out a distress signal and try to limp the car to the first open parking spot I can find.
Dig it. I'd tip you if I was a yellow belt. :D
The pilot was able to auto-rotate the helicopter, but we were extremely lucky the charge did not hit the fuel areas of the aircraft.
I love to fly, except when flying on commercial airways.
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Has this experience turned me away from flying? No, I love flying, I own many flight sim's, and plus it'll take a lot more than that to scare me away from flying.
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