Claustrophobia

€uroMeinke · 06-02-2008, 07:02 PM

I was have occasional moments of anxiety at take-offs and landings, but lately I've been sleeping through those.

I did have an experience of being on a plane that blew out an engine and had to make an emergency landing. We got to take off our shoes, remove sharp objects from our pockets, and assume the crash landing position while the cabin filled with smoke.

It was kind of cool to see all the emergency vehicles lined along the runway - I felt safe knowing the planes were designed to fly on one engine. Of course a couple weeks later a DC-10 lost an engine and spiraled into the ground, which has since made me reflect differently on the relative danger.

06-02-2008, 07:02 PM	#19
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I was have occasional moments of anxiety at take-offs and landings, but lately I've been sleeping through those. I did have an experience of being on a plane that blew out an engine and had to make an emergency landing. We got to take off our shoes, remove sharp objects from our pockets, and assume the crash landing position while the cabin filled with smoke. It was kind of cool to see all the emergency vehicles lined along the runway - I felt safe knowing the planes were designed to fly on one engine. Of course a couple weeks later a DC-10 lost an engine and spiraled into the ground, which has since made me reflect differently on the relative danger. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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