Sure I know what a phobia is. That's why I asked the user how he would approach it. I think it's wrong to say there's no way to eliminate a phobia. People do it all the time. The approach just needs to be tailored to the individual.
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Southwest passenger injured midflight by engine shrapnel, partially sucked out of plane [UP: 1 dead]
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Sure I know what a phobia is. That's why I asked the user how he would approach it. I think it's wrong to say there's no way to eliminate a phobia. People do it all the time. The approach just needs to be tailored to the individual.
We dont know. Someone else had a heart attack on board and that would seem to be the most likely to lead in death.
I'm completely mortified of heights. Falling from a great height is one of my biggest fears. I've only flown a few times but the few hours on the planes petrified me.
Well I get uneasy while flying as well, but I force myself to do it anyways.
Wasn't my intention to mock any real phobias.
Yeah my aversion to flying isn't a rational feeling about the flight itself and more about the intrusive thoughts about what could go wrong that I have when trying to fall asleep in the months leading up to a flight.
Yeah it's from Mayday, but probably looked somewhat similar, they held him, so he won't flew to engines, which would doomed everyone.
Also RIP : (
Right, I don't actually worry about something happening, I simply do not enjoy being high up lol. I tried climbing a lighthouse once and only made it about 1/3 of the way up before turning back and I couldn't even see outside.
Hmm, I don't like heights either, but aircraft heights make it impossible to really tell how high you are, if that makes sense. Jumping out of a plane was like, well, what's the difference between 100 feet and 13000 feet?
It basically is a myth. It would require a catastrophic failure of the fuselage to have people "blown out" of the plane. The pressurization difference isn't large enough to create that suction, it's a big "pop" and that's it.
Now certainly, 400-500mph windspeed outside that window will create some mild suction, and a lot of noise and stuff. But a window blowing out couldn't suck an adult passenger out, especially one wearing a seat-belt
Amtrak seats always face forwards.
Just sit towards the back.
BTW, nothing beats this classic
NOO
if you're talking about the pilot that flew into that Thunderstorm over New Orleans - that incident may actually end up being "worse" --- not from a loss of life perspective, of course, but because it was a bad decision by a pilot to take the aircraft into that storm... versus this which may have just been a freak, and unavoidable, accident.
The air moving fast over the hole will create a vacuum because of the bernoulli effect. Same principle that allows the plane to fly. You can notice this going down the highway and rolling down your window, there goes your mcdonalds receipts out the window.
Amtrak seats always face forwards.
Just sit towards the back.
BTW, nothing beats this classic
Worth noting that none of the passengers buckled in died in this incident. There was one flight attendant who was walking the aisle when it happened and was killed.
Maybe not IDK. She could of been sucked to the window from the initial depressurization then unable to move away because of the vacuum. She could of been standing up to go to the bathroom and then fell into the window.
And by killed, she went with the roof, and her body was never found.
again --- she wasn't going to get sucked through that small window hole. Totally agree she may have been partially outside of that window from whatever initial decompression / shock / injury.
But it's not like the suction force is so intense it's going to pull her out.
They say the trick is to stand on something until you're just a few feet from hitting the ground and then jump off that object.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/plane-makes-emergency-landing-philadelphia/story?id=54530003
the victim has been identified, there's no direct confirmation that she was the person who was sucked into the window, but reading between the lines basically confirms it
RIP
edit: CNN just confirmed it was the same prson
the victim has been identified, there's no direct confirmation that she was the person who was sucked into the window, but reading between the lines basically confirms it
RIP
edit: CNN just confirmed it was the same prson
If you're falling at like, 500 miles per hour and jump at the last second at a speed of 5 miles per hour, you crash into the ground at 495 miles per hour.
Terminal velocity in Earth's atmosphere is somewhere around 120 mph, not 500, but I think that poster was just joking.
Honestly, I'd be more nervous/uncomfortable in a boat. Boats are the only thing that make motion sick for one (not always but they can). Dieing slowly in the ocean doesn't sound all that nice to me (or being eaten by sharks). More time for something bad to happen. And have you seen that video some one did of ships crossing the ocean on rough seas? I promise you that looks a lot more scary than most anytime I've been on a plane.
I have no idea though which one is statistically more dangerous. I'd almost guess boat.
Nah... continue with the anti-window seat propaganda. The more people scared of window seats the easier it is for me to get one *grin*.
You would never fall at 500 mph.Terminal velocity for a human is 122 mph.
RIP.
My mom says I'm silly for always wearing my seatbelt on a plane unless I have to use the bathroom but now I'll definitely never take it off.
My mom says I'm silly for always wearing my seatbelt on a plane unless I have to use the bathroom but now I'll definitely never take it off.
I'm honestly impressed that the bulk of the engine is still there. From the video, it looks like only one blade detached and the actual failure was that it snapped forward, rather than going backwards into the engine.
I heard someone died when something about it came on the news. Well, a commercial for the news.
That's awfully sad and tragic. May she rest in peace.
That's awfully sad and tragic. May she rest in peace.
Horrible, RIP
Can't help be reminded of the plane scene from one of the Final Destination flicks. Absolutely terrifying.
Can't help be reminded of the plane scene from one of the Final Destination flicks. Absolutely terrifying.
You're so much more likely to die in a car crash than on a plane.