Flying...

[-b]

What is your scariest flight you ever took?

I had 3 scary flights and I have travel a lot....

The first was an aborted landing....We were landing on an Island in the West Indies.
I had been there a few times so I knew what happens with landing on this Island.
Well everything was going well, the wheels touched down....then we heard a big
Boom and next thing I knew the force pushed me back in my seat, the local women
started to scream and cry, kids etc.......I am looking up at the cockpit....We are back
in the Air, the Captain comes on and said "Sorry there were Goats on the landing field"
They gave us drinks.....and we were late landing

The next one was going from one Island to another...the weather was bad....the plane fell
so many times that I was becoming sick, there were a lot of people sick....They did not serve
any food or drinks....I said so many "Hail Marys"....etc..

The last one was the scariest because my son was with me.....The Alaskan Airline had crashed
off of California with no survivors....I decide to Book on United....We where heading back from
Disney to Seattle. The plane took off great, we were just leveling off when the plane started to
dive, this one I was looking down at the cockpit....stuck again in the seat I grabbed my son hands and
reassured him that it will be ok.....after what seems to be forever we started to pull up again....
The Captain came on saying that we nearly hit another plane......we had to do a dive to avoid the
other plane....

Out of all of these the worst one was the one I was with my son...just because he was there...
He has never forgotten that.....

 

[Dan]

All mine were smooth landing.

 

[jumpingjackflash]

All mine were smooth landing.

+ 1

 

[ChaosTheory]

The Island of Saba has the shortest runway in the world. I went there, during a Sint Martins vacation for scuba diving. The plane was the size of a van and the run way was seeminly too short to promote a proper take off. It is safe but the sensation is a pure thrill and a sense of impending doom. The plan takes off and dips a little at the edge of the island then proceeds to incline.

 

[Boing]

 

[tboy]

hey boing, that could have just been water vapor from the air conditioning...I've seen that in cars, buses, planes....it forms a "cloud" when the cold air hits the warm extremely humid air.......

If you notice, when he panned up the aisle, the cloud dissipated after a couple of seats....if it was smoke, it wouldn't...it would just continue to roll up the aisle.....

I was on hundreds of flights and one time slept through some really rough turbulence.....I woke up and everyone was all excited and the guy next to me said "we just dropped like 5,000 feet" lol......

I guess you'd have to say the scariest was when I flew on, get this, bear skin airlines up to kenora ontario. We landed at this little dipstick airport in a twin engine prop plane...the cross wind was so strong the plane was approaching the runway at a 45 degree angle......I thought to myself "where the fuck are we landing, the runway's over THERE" lol......

The plane was so small, the inflight service was an open topped cooler stuck between the pilot's seats...when we took off, and the nose rose, the cooler slide along the aisle and we grabbed what we wanted when it slid by...then when we were landing and the nose was pointing down, the cooler slide back up front and we put our empties in it.....lol.....







(just kidding about the cooler..but the plane was SMALL lol)

 

[-b]

A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down.
San Jose Tower noted: "American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."

A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the following:
Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war!"

While taxiing at London's Gatwick Airport, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming: "US Air 2771, where the hell are you going?! I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right!"
Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically: "God! Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour, and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"
"Yes, ma'am," the humbled crew responded.
Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging the irate ground controller in her current state of mind.
Tension in every cockpit out around Gatwick was definitely running high.
Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone, asking: "Wasn't I married to you once?"

 

[-b]

On a Continental flight with a very "senior" Flight Attendant crew, the Pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your Flight Attendants."

From a Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant: "Welcome aboard Southwest Flight 245 to Tampa. To operate your seat belt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seat belt; and, if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised."

"In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with more than one small child, pick your favorite."

Another Flight Attendant's comment on a less than perfect landing: "We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."


After a real crusher of a landing in Phoenix, the attendant came on with: "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Captain Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning bells are silenced, we'll open the door and you can pick your way through the wreckage to the terminal."

 

[-b]

A plane was taking off from Kennedy Airport. After it reached a comfortable cruising altitude, the Captain made an announcement over the intercom: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. Welcome to Flight Number 293, nonstop from New York to Los Angeles. The weather ahead is good and, therefore, we should have a smooth and uneventful flight. Now sit back and relax. OH, MY GOD!" Silence followed, and after a few minutes, the Captain came back on the intercom and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so sorry if I scared you earlier. While I was talking to you, the Flight Attendant accidentally spilled a cup of hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!" . A passenger in Coach yelled: "That's nothing. You should see the back of mine!"