Worst Flight Nightmares

I used to like flying when i was younger, then as an adult i started watching air crash investigation on national geographic and it put me off. I know air crashes are rare and i personally havn’t had a bad experience but i still hate it. Every noise or movement and i feel like something was up. Maybe its the fact I'm not in control of the plane, and if i was a pilot i’d probably be fine.
 
Centralscrutinizer said:
Heathrow to Singapore with a baby either side of me. A living nightmare that multiple gin & tonics couldn't help :eek:
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We flew back from NY a couple of years ago into CDG and the chap next to me was travelling with his 2 kids to meet his wife. One was maybe 3, the other probably 7/8 months. After he got them fed he needed the loo so my wife and I offered to help look after them. He got back to his seat and fell asleep pretty much instantly, the poor fella must have been utterly exhausted. He slept for at least a couple of hours during which time me and Mrs Fufkin had a great time entertaining the kids. My schoolboy French was just about enough to manage with the 3yo, the baby just giggled the entire time at Mrs Fufkin pulling daft faces. The fella was lovely when he woke up, so thankful he'd managed a bit of kip. Travelling with young ones must be a real challenge at times, especially as a lone parent
 
Really bad turbulence coming back from Thailand, the plane was on its side and all sorts! I wasn’t worried until the stewardess screamed WHAT THE F**K IS GOING ON!!!!

It was only then that I had a look at where we were on the little seat tele. When I saw we were over Iraq I spent the next hour or so imagining how I would kung fu my way out of trouble, stealing cars and disguising myself as an Iraqi gentleman.

It was a bit Jackie Chan, a little bit Jonah Hill., but mostly Team America.
 
Internal flight in the US. Took off in a violent thunderstorm. Whilst climbing, the plane was being tossed side to side. The lightening was flashing like a photo flash feast. Really did wonder why we took off. Frightening experience.
 
The first leg of our flight to Australia from Manchester to Abu Dhabi was airborne for about five minutes when passengers from the rear seats started moving towards the front of the plane as the air conditioning unit above the seats they occupied had set on fire,thankfully the crew dealt with it and we made a swift return to Manchester and a 24 hour delay.
 
Artie Fufkin said:
We flew back from NY a couple of years ago into CDG and the chap next to me was travelling with his 2 kids to meet his wife. One was maybe 3, the other probably 7/8 months. After he got them fed he needed the loo so my wife and I offered to help look after them. He got back to his seat and fell asleep pretty much instantly, the poor fella must have been utterly exhausted. He slept for at least a couple of hours during which time me and Mrs Fufkin had a great time entertaining the kids. My schoolboy French was just about enough to manage with the 3yo, the baby just giggled the entire time at Mrs Fufkin pulling daft faces. The fella was lovely when he woke up, so thankful he'd managed a bit of kip. Travelling with young ones must be a real challenge at times, especially as a lone parent
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It's got to be hard flying with a baby but I'd have happily killed both Mams and babies 😁
 
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9 trips to the Falklands and back isn't a treat (that's 18 flights). The best part of 24 hours traveling on a fecking aircraft. Apart from an hour off at the Ascension islands for a leg stretch.

You land at its usually freezing or blowing a basterd wind wise😕. Then you realise its 'home' for at least 3 months before R&R.... Its not just the flight but the whole experience lol.

I also flew to Thailand once and 2 seats in front of me was a young couple with newborn. That was a stressful 8 hours of crying😕. I saw them in the departure lounge and you could see everyone praying 'don't sit near me' as it was crying none stop.
 
Growing up me & my younger brother use to talk excidedly about the Boro playing in europe & when we achieved it I was needing the toilet & took a chance then, goaaallllllllllll, after all those years talking about the day, I missed our 1st European goal 😔
 
I’m a terrible flier and have been since a very distressing experience in Madeira around 20 years ago.

Got to the point I wouldn’t board a plane without getting a private prescription from the doctor for medication before flying.

I’ve improved a lot and now a simple pint before flying does the trick but still a very nervous flier.
 
zorro_mfc said:
Now I’m the opposite I thinking watching that gives you a greater understanding on how planes crash and how rare these occurrences are.
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Did you not watch the one where the japanese pilot lost millions on the stock market, so locked his co-pilot out of the cockpit and nosedived the plane into a river? You better pray your pilot isnt having any financial problems next time you fly
 
My worst was a short flight from Leeds to Dublin. Was like a rollercoaster. Luckily I was sat next to a nun which was calming :) but even she was shittng herself!
 
Teesside87 said:
I used to like flying when i was younger, then as an adult i started watching air crash investigation on national geographic and it put me off. I know air crashes are rare and i personally havn’t had a bad experience but i still hate it. Every noise or movement and i feel like something was up. Maybe its the fact I'm not in control of the plane, and if i was a pilot i’d probably be fine.
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This is me to a t. I have stopped watching the programme as it was making me paranoid
 
Before I had kids myself babies screaming and crying on a long flight was a fate worse than death.

Now I have my own I can tolerate them so much better and barely notice the little *****
 
Teesside87 said:
Did you not watch the one where the japanese pilot lost millions on the stock market, so locked his co-pilot out of the cockpit and nosedived the plane into a river? You better pray your pilot isnt having any financial problems next time you fly
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That’s my point though it’s nearly always pilot error or wilful act. It’s very rarely a mechanical issue. So the “plane” itself was fine even as it crashed.

Can’t do anything about a suicidal pilot.
 
Was OK with flying until I saw the crash scene in the film Alive. Now I'm constantly on edge.
Was watching Air Crash Investigation about when DC10's had the cargo door problem and hundreds were killed in them. Was due to fly back to the UK from Minhad AFB on a charter with Omni Air International. Got to Minhad and what's standing on the apron?....a DC10. Flight wasn't too bad, but the pilot bounced us along Birmingham Internationals runway as opposed to landing it... It's actually on YouTube.

Another time we flew back from RAF Akrotiri on the RAF Airbus Voyager. We set off down the runway and the aircraft was bouncing along with violent shaking. Next thing we screamed to a hält and as I Looked out of the window I could see smoke. I thought we were on fire but it turns out it was from the tyres. What it was was the nose wheel tyres were out of shape and we were at 'rotate'. Pilot aborted the take off. If we had tried to land on it it would definitely have affected stability on landing.
Five hours it took them to change the tyres.

 
Absolutely nothing to fear here’s some stats

about 1 in 11 million of you being killed in a plane crash

and

Now, not all of us are trained survivalists, but there are certain things we can do to increase our chances of surviving a plane crash. After all, plane accidents, in general, have a 95% survival rate.

So chill out and enjoy the flight ✈️
 
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