Is it just me or are there more airplane incidents occuring recently? Just in the past few weeks I've heard of a few different "extreme turbulance" happenings here in the US. We had some pretty decent turbulance on a flight I took about a year ago (to the point where women were screaming, etc). I've only recently been ok with flying, I don't want to regress.
Could be weather changing or more congested skies forcing pilots to take routes/altitudes they would have previously avoided.
Is it just me or are there more airplane incidents occuring recently? Just in the past few weeks I've heard of a few different "extreme turbulance" happenings here in the US. We had some pretty decent turbulance on a flight I took about a year ago (to the point where women were screaming, etc). I've only recently been ok with flying, I don't want to regress.
Could be weather changing or more congested skies forcing pilots to take routes/altitudes they would have previously avoided.Â
And more flights in general (worldwide), so even if the percentages are the same we'd have more accidents.
I think plane crashes are kind of like shark attacks: statistically unlikely but horrifying in a way that can be hard to stop thinking about.
Is it just me or are there more airplane incidents occuring recently? Just in the past few weeks I've heard of a few different "extreme turbulance" happenings here in the US. We had some pretty decent turbulance on a flight I took about a year ago (to the point where women were screaming, etc). I've only recently been ok with flying, I don't want to regress.
I want to say that there's a real reason for this. Something about flying at different altitudes to save money?
Takeoffs are also much faster, in part because cities want you up and out quickly to minimize noise disturbance.
I may need an ativan tonight. Seriously. For as much as we travel I really hate flying.
Ditto. I really, really hate flying. I love to travel & I accept that flying is a part of that, but I hate it.
I get especially nervous now when DH and I are flying without DS (like we are on Thursday). I know flying is very safe, but it is the lack of individual control that I hate.
My H and I take separate flights when we fly without our children. That's how crazy I am, people. But it keeps me sane.
I'm not even going to open something about turbulence because I will surely have a panic attack.
I once was flying domestic on America West back in the day and the turbulencr was so bad I was convinced something bad would happen. I just forced myself to sleep hoping I wouldn't wake up if it did.
Later finding out some of their pilots were found drunk was not helpful to my state of mind.
ummm yah. I think I need to refill my Ativan prescription before I fly there
caden What is Atvian and does it help? I've been getting increasingly more anxious about flying. I know it's crazy, but I am.
it's an anti-anxiety med. I tried Xanax on flights for a while but it did nothing. I think people start with that though. Ativan is pretty powerful. I also take a half a pill when I sing in public because I get stage fright. When I do that Ativan makes me really tired and out of it. On flights I'm basically terrified so it's not a normal anxiousness and I don't get tired even with Ativan. But Ativan basically eliminates my physical response to being nervous. I don't cry, or sweat, or shake, or feel like I'm having heart palpitations (all things I do without meds). What it doesn't do is fix my mind. I still worry the whole time, though it feels like less since my entire body isn't freaking out. I've thought about asking for ambien instead because I'd rather just get knocked out, but I've read it can make people do crazy things in their sleep. My friend took it on a flight and told her family mid-flight she was going to open the door and jump out. I still might try it though and just do a test run at home first. I hope your anxiety doesn't get worse summer! It makes me hate traveling, until I arrive. It sucks.
We just safely flew 10.5 hours, only to be rear ended within 5 hours of leaving the airport. Driving is much, much, much more dangerous.
This happened to me a few months ago too - on the way home from the airport, we came thisclose to an out of control car on the highway. Both cars were going north of 60 mph so it would not have been a good outcome if we had been just one or two seconds behind where we were.
Nevertheless...I'm flying to China in a few weeks and this is not exactly the kind of thing I want to be reading about
This plane must have stalled. You don't fall out of the sky at 35000 feet. I wonder what happened. And add me to the list of people who don't like flying.
This plane must have stalled. You don't fall out of the sky at 35000 feet. I wonder what happened. And add me to the list of people who don't like flying.
I totally pictured you as being super breezy about flying. Like one of the people I watch board the plane, so casually, totally unfazed by take-off. I grip my husband, close my eyes and try not to make a scene.
This plane must have stalled. You don't fall out of the sky at 35000 feet. I wonder what happened. And add me to the list of people who don't like flying.
I totally pictured you as being super breezy about flying. Like one of the people I watch board the plane, so casually, totally unfazed by take-off. I grip my husband, close my eyes and try not to make a scene.
50% of why I fly Business class is because I want to be in the front where you feel turbulence the least. Caden and I text each other before getting on planes and when we land. She made me text her at 5am when I landed from Rio the last time. I hate flying but I need to do it.
An extraordinary story has just emerged from Italy in relation to missing flight MH 370.
Louis Maraldi, 37, from Cesena, was named as one of the passengers on board the plane.
However, reports in Italy have confirmed that he was NOT on board and that he had reported his passport stolen last August.
Mr Maraldi's parents have spoken to him in Thailand and he is 'fine', news agency ANSA reports.
The revelation suggests that one of the 227 passengers on board the missing flight was using a stolen passport.
They were saying last night that it could have been a bomb/explosion since they were flying so high they would have time to say something on the radio if they were going down. But I am not sure if those radio calls would be heard if they were in a spotty area. Guess only time will tell. So sad
Post by Velar Fricative on Mar 8, 2014 9:58:04 GMT -5
I've conquered my previous fear of flying but I still always felt way more comfortable while the plane was cruising because most accidents occur during takeoff and landing. So scary.
I would hope that if it was a bomb they had no idea what happened vs knowing the plane is going down. I can not imagine the fear you would feel if that was happening.
I totally pictured you as being super breezy about flying. Like one of the people I watch board the plane, so casually, totally unfazed by take-off. I grip my husband, close my eyes and try not to make a scene.
50% of why I fly Business class is because I want to be in the front where you feel turbulence the least. Caden and I text each other before getting on planes and when we land. She made me text her at 5am when I landed from Rio the last time. I hate flying but I need to do it.
God this is so true. I've booked last minute a few times and ended up on the back because it's the only seat left. Brutal. Sitting closer to the front makes a huge difference.
I was the most carefree flyer ever until I married a pilot. If he grips his seat then I start to get a little nervous.
Most of the time, though, I'm that person you envy who looks like it's no more interesting than walking into a library.
Maybe it's because all my travel experience until I was about 10 was in 6-8 pax planes traveling over open water. And of course they stuck us kids in the back to balance out luggage weight.
I am I the process of going to Sri Lanka. I heard about the missing flight as I was stepping on my first flight. I'm now two legs in of a four leg journey to get there. I was relieved to know it might be a terrorist situation vs mechanical, but also made me nervous thinking it could be a multi terrorist event.
Ugh, I just want to be home. And I never want to travel for work again. It's one thing to have DH next to me if something should happen, but another to be alone and working.
Both of their passports had been stolen in Thailand last year.
I am leaning towards thinking this was a bomb.
This is so weird. Like BOTH of their passports were stolen. Did they not report them? That is weird right?
Apparently they both were, because both countries that the citizens were from said that they knew the passports had been stolen. I have no idea how the people were able to board the flight with them, considering that.
This is so weird. Like BOTH of their passports were stolen. Did they not report them? That is weird right?
Apparently they both were, because both countries that the citizens were from said that they knew the passports had been stolen. I have no idea how the people were able to board the flight with them, considering that.
This is so weird. Like BOTH of their passports were stolen. Did they not report them? That is weird right?
Apparently they both were, because both countries that the citizens were from said that they knew the passports had been stolen. I have no idea how the people were able to board the flight with them, considering that.
Apparently Interpol had one of the passports on their list as stolen, but likely not the other one. (Which, I guess means one person reported it and the other didn't).
However, security didn't check the Interpol list when they were checking passports upon boarding, so they didn't catch it.